JOURNAL OF ADHESION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.37, sa.10, ss.1649-1665, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
Quantum chemical approaches are very much significant in the field of corrosion chemistry to understand the structure-property relationship of various organic molecules as corrosion inhibitors. Here is the adsorption behavior of three organic azo-dyes, viz. 6-((4-(diethylamino)-2-methylphenyl)diazenyl)benzo[de]isochromene-1,3-dione (named as Dye-1); 4-[6-[2-[4-(N,N-Diethylamino)-2-methylphenyl]diazenyl]-1,3-dioxo-1H-benz[de]isoquinolin-2(3H)-yl]-N-(2-thiazolyl)benzenesulfonamide (named as Dye-2); 4-[6-[2-[4-(N,N-Diethylamino)-2-methylphenyl]diazenyl]1,3-dioxo-1H-benz[de]isoquinolin-2(3H)-yl]-N-(2-pyrimidinyl)benzenesulfonamide (named as Dye-3) on the rutile TiO2 and ZnO surfaces have been explored via quantum chemical approach, i.e. density functional theory (DFT), local reactive sites analysis and molecular dynamic (MD) simulation studies. Global relativities of the dye molecules have been explored by calculating the energy of the frontier molecular orbitals, energy difference (Delta Epsilon), electronegativity (chi), electron affinity (A), softness (sigma), and hardness (eta) like quantum chemical parameters. Furthermore, MD simulation study has been performed to comprehend the adsorption behaviour as well as the adsorption configuration of three selective dye molecules on TiO2 and ZnO surfaces mimicking the real adsorption and surface protection phenomenon.