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Microsecond simulations of spontaneous methane hydrate nucleation and growth. <i>Science (Wash.) 326(5956)</i>: 1095-1098. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1174010\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1174010</a>","BEntID":135603,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Science (Wash.) 326(5956)</i>: 1095-1098. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1174010\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1174010</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Walsh, M.R.; Koh, C.A.; Sloan, E.D.; Sum, A.K.; Wu, D.T.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Walsh, M.R. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Despite the industrial implications and worldwide abundance of gas hydrates, the formation mechanism of these compounds remains poorly understood. We report direct molecular dynamics simulations of the spontaneous nucleation and growth of methane hydrate. The multiple-microsecond trajectories offer detailed insight into the process of hydrate nucleation. Cooperative organization is observed to lead to methane adsorption onto planar faces of water and the fluctuating formation and dissociation of early hydrate cages. The early cages are mostly face-sharing partial small cages, favoring structure II; however, larger cages subsequently appear as a result of steric constraints and thermodynamic preference for the structure I phase. 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