Table 3 Molecular interaction and linear fitting for three hydrochar architectures.

From: Molecular dynamics simulation of Sunset Yellow dye removal from water using hydrochar adsorbent

Linear relation\(y = a\times x\)

HC1

HC2

HC3

Van der Waals Interactions

Linear Coefficient (a)

40.3

22.9

47.7

Correlation (R\(^{2}\))

0.956

0.927

0.962

\(\pi\)-\(\pi\) Stacking Interactions

SSY-Hydrochar Linear Coefficient (a)

0.290

0.310

0.311

SSY-Hydrochar Correlation (R\(^{2}\))

0.984

0.966

0.968

SSY-SSY Linear Coefficient (a)

0.219

0.192

0.217

SSY-SSY Correlation (R\(^{2}\))

0.939

0.876

0.953