H. Chris Greenwell

TL;DR: In this article, a grid-computing method was used to simulate large-scale atomistic simulations of montmorillonite clay systems with a number of millions of atoms whose dimensions approach those of a realistic clay platelet.

TL;DR: The use of computational methods for the study of clay minerals has become an essential adjunct to experimental techniques for the analysis of poorly ordered materials as discussed by the authors, and the amount of information that can be gleaned from such simulations continues to grow, and is leading to ever larger-scale and hence more realistic classical and quantum mechanical studies which promise to reveal new and unexpected phenomena.

TL;DR: At elevated temperatures and pressures, relevant to origins of life studies which maintain that the earliest life forms originated around deep ocean hydrothermal vents, the structural stability of LDH-intercalated DNA is substantially enhanced as compared to DNA in bulk water.

TL;DR: In this paper, the arrangement and interactions of amine species in the interlayer region are investigated through analysis by both experimental methods and computer simulation, which gives insight into coordination mechanisms within the organoclay.

TL;DR: A hypothetical LDH-like system which, when intercalated with certain anions, forms crystals with a high degree of internal order giving rise to novel information storage structures in which replication fidelity is maintained is described.