Molecular reactions at aqueous interfaces

MF Ruiz-Lopez, JS Francisco… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
This Review aims to critically analyse the emerging field of chemical reactivity at aqueous
interfaces. The subject has evolved rapidly since the discovery of the so-called 'on-water …

Photoinduced oxidation reactions at the air–water interface

JM Anglada, MTC Martins-Costa… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chemistry on water is a fascinating area of research. The surface of water and the interfaces
between water and air or hydrophobic media represent asymmetric environments with …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasonic degradation of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) correlated with sonochemical and sonoluminescence characterisation

RJ Wood, T Sidnell, I Ross, J McDonough, J Lee… - Ultrasonics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sonolysis has been proposed as a promising treatment technology to remove per-and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from contaminated water. The mechanism of …

Infrared spectroscopy of neutral water clusters at finite temperature: Evidence for a noncyclic pentamer

B Zhang, Y Yu, YY Zhang, S Jiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Infrared spectroscopic study of neutral water clusters is crucial to understanding of the
hydrogen-bonding networks in liquid water and ice. Here we report infrared spectra of size …

Real-time observation of water radiolysis and hydrated electron formation induced by extreme-ultraviolet pulses

V Svoboda, R Michiels, AC LaForge… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The dominant pathway of radiation damage begins with the ionization of water. Thus far,
however, the underlying primary processes could not be conclusively elucidated. Here, we …

Ectoine interaction with DNA: influence on ultraviolet radiation damage

MB Hahn, GJ Smales, H Seitz, T Solomun… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ectoine is a small zwitterionic osmolyte and compatible solute, which does not interfere with
cell metabolism even at molar concentrations. Plasmid DNA (pUC19) was irradiated with …

Evaluating Simple Ab Initio Models of the Hydrated Electron: The Role of Dynamical Fluctuations

SJ Park, BJ Schwartz - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite its importance in electron transfer reactions and radiation chemistry, there has been
disagreement over the fundamental nature of the hydrated electron, such as whether or not it …

Origin of laser-induced colloidal gold surface oxidation and charge density, and its role in oxidation catalysis

AR Ziefuß, I Haxhiaj, S Müller, M Gharib… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Laser fragmentation in liquids (LFL) allows the synthesis of fully inorganic, ultrasmall gold
nanoparticles, usAu NPs (< 3 nm). Although the general method is well established, there is …

The fluxional nature of the hydrated electron: energy and entropy contributions to aqueous electron free energies

WJ Glover, BJ Schwartz - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2020 - ACS Publications
There has been a great deal of recent controversy over the structure of the hydrated electron
and whether it occupies a cavity or contains a significant number of interior waters …

Water mediated electron attachment to nucleobases: Surface-bound vs bulk solvated electrons

M Mukherjee, D Tripathi, AK Dutta - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We have presented a mechanism for electron attachment to solvated nucleobases using
accurate wave-function based hybrid quantum/classical (QM/MM) simulations and uracil as …