Laura Virdy Darmalim

Ms. Laura Virdy Darmalim

Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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31 October 2022 in Gels
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Daru Seto Bagus Anugrah
Laura Virdy DarmalimLaura Virdy Darmalim
Laura Virdy Darmalim
MPMuhammad Rifky Irwanto Polanen
Muhammad Rifky Irwanto Polanen
PPPermono Adi Putro
Permono Adi Putro
NSNurwarrohman Andre Sasongko
Nurwarrohman Andre Sasongko
ZRZeno Rizqi Ramadhan
Zeno Rizqi Ramadhan
The abundance of applications of alginates in aqueous surroundings created by their interactions with water is a fascinating area of research. In this paper, computational analysis was used to evaluate the conformation, hydrogen bond network, and stabilities for putative intermolecular interactions between alginate dimers and water molecules. Two structural forms of alginate (alginic acid, alg, and sodium alginate, SA) were evaluated for their interactions with water molecules. The density functional theory (DFT-D3) method at the B3LYP functional and the basis set 6-31++G** was chosen for calculating the data. Hydrogen bonds were formed in the Alg-(H2O)n complexes, while the SA-(H2O)n complexes showed an increase in Van der Walls interactions and hydrogen bonds. Moreover, in the SA-(H2O)n complexes, metal-nonmetal bonds existed between the sodium atom in SA and the oxygen atom in water (Na…O). All computational data in this study demonstrated that alginate dimers and water molecules had moderate to high levels of interaction, giving more stability to their complex structure.