Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the O2- Ion Mobility in Dense Neon Gas

Abstract

We report here the results of Molecular Dynamics simulations of the drift mobility of negative oxygen ions in very dense neon gas in the supercritical phase. The simulations relatively well reproduce the trend of the experimental data. The rationalization of the mobility behavior as a function of the gas density is given in terms of the number of atoms correlated in the first solvation shell around the ion.