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Kinetic and XRD measurements showed a contrasting adsorption mechanism of these two molecules, differing only by the presence\/absence of methyl and hydroxyl groups, with a larger adsorption amount and intercalation for the oxazepam. The structural characterization of these molecules was investigated through DFT calculations and showed the vicinity of hydroxyl and carbonyl groups for only the chair conformation of oxazepam compared to the boat conformation. Classical molecular dynamics simulations of diazepam and the two forms of oxazepam on the external surface of Na+-montmorillonite highlighted the better coordination of the oxazepam-chair conformation, compared to its boat counterpart and diazepam. This has been confirmed through DFT calculations, from which a coordination energy that is greater by 10 kcal\u00b7mol\u22121 is observed. This strongly suggests that the experimentally observed intercalation of oxazepam occurs only in the chair form because of the strong coordination with the Na+ cation present in the Na-Mt interlayer. Classical MD simulations of the intercalated oxazepam chair molecule in the Na-Mt interlayer allowed the evaluation of the interlayer spacing d001, which was in very good agreement with the experimental XRD measurement.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms241914781","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]],"date-time":"2023-10-01T16:57:06Z","timestamp":1696179426000},"page":"14781","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Selective Adsorption of Organic Micro-Pollutants by Smectite Clays Revealed from Atomistic Simulations"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-4465-9518","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mathieu","family":"Cancade","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut Lumi\u00e8re Mati\u00e8re, UMR 5306, Universit\u00e9 Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Universit\u00e9 de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3104-1625","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas","family":"Thiebault","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les Hydrosyst\u00e8mes et les Sols, Sorbonne Universit\u00e9, CNRS, EPHE, PSL University, UMR 7619, 75005 Paris, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pierre","family":"Mignon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut Lumi\u00e8re Mati\u00e8re, UMR 5306, Universit\u00e9 Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Universit\u00e9 de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"226","DOI":"10.1016\/j.envint.2010.06.004","article-title":"Review of \u2018Emerging\u2019 Organic Contaminants in Biosolids and Assessment of International Research Priorities for the Agricultural Use of Biosolids","volume":"37","author":"Clarke","year":"2011","journal-title":"Environ. 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