@article{ISI:000303935700050, abstract = {Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed on monatomic sorbates confined within zeolite NaY to obtain the dependence of entropy and self-diffusivity on the sorbate diameter. Previously, molecular dynamics simulations by Santikary and Yashonath [J. Phys. Chem. 98, 6368 (1994)], theoretical analysis by Derouane [J. Catal. 110, 58 (1988)] as well as experiments by Kemball [Adv. Catal. 2, 233 (1950)] found that certain sorbates in certain adsorbents exhibit unusually high self-diffusivity. Experiments showed that the loss of entropy for certain sorbates in specific adsorbents was minimum. Kemball suggested that such sorbates will have high self-diffusivity in these adsorbents. Entropy of the adsorbed phase has been evaluated from the trajectory information by two alternative methods: two-phase and multiparticle expansion. The results show that anomalous maximum in entropy is also seen as a function of the sorbate diameter. Further, the experimental observation of Kemball that minimum loss of entropy is associated with maximum in self-diffusivity is found to be true for the system studied here. A suitably scaled dimensionless self-diffusivity shows an exponential dependence on the excess entropy of the adsorbed phase, analogous to excess entropy scaling rules seen in many bulk and confined fluids. The two trajectory-based estimators for the entropy show good semiquantitative agreement and provide some interesting microscopic insights into entropy changes associated with confinement.}, author = {Borah, Bhaskar J. and Maiti, Prabal K. and Chakravarty, Charusita and Yashonath, S.}, doi = {10.1063/1.4706520}, eissn = {1089-7690}, issn = {0021-9606}, journal = {JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS}, month = {MAY 7}, number = {17}, orcid-numbers = {Borah, Bhaskarjyoti/0000-0001-6045-0992 Maiti, Prabal/0000-0002-9956-1136}, researcherid-numbers = {S, Yashonath/D-1861-2016 Borah, Bhaskarjyoti/AAF-8790-2020 Maiti, Prabal/B-6335-2009}, times-cited = {20}, title = {Transport in nanoporous zeolites: Relationships between sorbate size, entropy, and diffusivity}, unique-id = {ISI:000303935700050}, volume = {136}, year = {2012} }