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Peter G. Kusalik

Peter G. Kusalik

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Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
9890
World Ranking
11284
National Ranking
310

Overview

Peter G. Kusalik is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with focused contributions to subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work extensively covers topics related to methane hydrates and associated phenomena, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, spacecraft and cryogenic technologies, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, minerals flotation and separation techniques, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, as well as calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition.

Key recent publications by Peter G. Kusalik include:

  • Massive generation of metastable bulk nanobubbles in water by external electric fields, 2020, Science Advances
  • Insight on the stability of polycrystalline natural gas hydrates by molecular dynamics simulations, 2020, Fuel
  • Molecular Insights into Guest and Composition Dependence of Mixed Hydrate Nucleation, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Molecular simulation study on the stability of methane hydrate confined in slit-shaped pores, 2022, Energy
  • Methane hydrate formation in slit-shaped pores: Impacts of surface hydrophilicity, 2023, Energy

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Energy
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Science Advances
  • Fuel
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Peter G. Kusalik collaborates regularly with several researchers, notably:

  • Zhengcai Zhang
  • Nengyou Wu
  • Changling Liu
  • Guang-Jun Guo
  • Lei Wang

Best Publications

  • Nuclear Quantum Effects in Water and Aqueous Systems: Experiment, Theory, and Current Challenges

    Michele Ceriotti;Wei Fang;Peter G. Kusalik;Ross H. McKenzie

  • The Spatial Structure in Liquid Water

    Peter G. Kusalik;Igor M. Svishchev

  • Structure in liquid water: A study of spatial distribution functions

    I. M. Svishchev;P. G. Kusalik

  • On the molecular theory of aqueous electrolyte solutions. I. The solution of the RHNC approximation for models at finite concentration

    P. G. Kusalik;G. N. Patey

  • Three-Dimensional Structure in Water−Methanol Mixtures

    A. Laaksonen;P. G. Kusalik;I. M. Svishchev

  • The total molecular dipole moment for liquid water

    Anna V. Gubskaya;Peter G. Kusalik

  • Observation of two-step nucleation in methane hydrates.

    Jenel Vatamanu;Peter G. Kusalik

  • Polarizable point‐charge model for water: Results under normal and extreme conditions

    Igor M. Svishchev;Peter G. Kusalik;Jian Wang;Russel J. Boyd

  • Electrofreezing of Liquid Water: A Microscopic Perspective

    Igor M. Svishchev and;Peter G. Kusalik

  • Molecular insights into the heterogeneous crystal growth of si methane hydrate.

    Jenel Vatamanu;Peter G. Kusalik

  • The solution of the reference hypernetted-chain approximation for water-like models

    Peter G. Kusalik;G. N. Patey

  • The thermodynamic properties of electrolyte solutions: Some formal results

    Peter G. Kusalik;G. N. Patey

  • Crystal growth simulations of methane hydrates in the presence of silica surfaces.

    Shuai Liang;Dmitri Rozmanov;Peter G. Kusalik

  • The solution of the hypernetted chain and Percus–Yevick approximations for fluids of hard nonspherical particles. Results for hard ellipsoids of revolution

    A. Perera;P. G. Kusalik;G. N. Patey

  • Molecular Insights into Clathrate Hydrate Nucleation at an Ice–Solution Interface

    Payman Pirzadeh;Peter G. Kusalik

  • Dynamics in liquid water, water-d2, and water-t2: a comparative simulation study

    I. M. Svishchev;P. G. Kusalik

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Ethylene Glycol, Ethylenediamine, and 2-Aminoethanol. 1. The Local Structure in Pure Liquids

    A. V. Gubskaya;P. G. Kusalik

  • Molecular solvent model for an electrical double layer: Reference hypernetted‐chain (RHNC) results for solvent structure at a charged surface

    G. M. Torrie;P. G. Kusalik;G. N. Patey

  • STRUCTURE IN LIQUID METHANOL FROM SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS

    I. M. Svishchev;P. G. Kusalik

  • Exploring nucleation of H2S hydrates

    Shuai Liang;Peter G. Kusalik

  • Quantum effects in light and heavy liquid water: A rigid-body centroid molecular dynamics study

    L. Hernández de la Peña;P. G. Kusalik

Frequent Co-Authors

G. N. Patey
G. N. Patey University of British Columbia
Aatto Laaksonen
Aatto Laaksonen Stockholm University
Sheelagh Carpendale
Sheelagh Carpendale Simon Fraser University
Niall J. English
Niall J. English University College Dublin
Xutang Tao
Xutang Tao Shandong University
Alexander P. Lyubartsev
Alexander P. Lyubartsev Stockholm University
Michele Ceriotti
Michele Ceriotti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Tao Wang
Tao Wang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Angelos Michaelides
Angelos Michaelides University of Cambridge
John S. Tse
John S. Tse University of Saskatchewan

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