Hydrolysis of a two-membered silica ring on the amorphous silica surface.

We have combined density functional theory (DFT) with classical interatomic potential functions to model hydrolysis of amorphous silica surfaces. The water-silica interaction is described by DFT with incorporation of a long-range elastic field described by classical interatomic potentials. Both physisorption and chemisorption of water on a surface site, known as the two-membered silica ring, are studied in detail. The hybrid quantum-mechanical and classical mechanical method enables more realistic treatment of chemical processes on an extended surface than previous methods. We have studied cooperative events in the hydrolytic reactions and discovered a new reaction pathway that involves a double proton transfer process. In addition, the evaluation of the total energy in a hybrid quantum-mechanical and classical mechanical system is discussed.

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