Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

In Situ and Operando X-ray Scattering Methods in Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis

OM Magnussen, J Drnec, C Qiu, I Martens… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical and electrocatalytic processes are of key importance for the transition to a
sustainable energy supply as well as for a wide variety of other technologically relevant …

Ion exchange in atomically thin clays and micas

YC Zou, L Mogg, N Clark, C Bacaksiz, S Milovanovic… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
The physical properties of clays and micas can be controlled by exchanging ions in the
crystal lattice. Atomically thin materials can have superior properties in a range of membrane …

Ion correlations drive charge overscreening and heterogeneous nucleation at solid–aqueous electrolyte interfaces

SS Lee, A Koishi, IC Bourg… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Classical electrical double layer (EDL) models are foundational to the representation of
atomistic structure and reactivity at charged interfaces. An important limitation to these …

[HTML][HTML] Water-induced correlation between single ions imaged at the solid–liquid interface

M Ricci, P Spijker, K Voïtchovsky - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
When immersed into water, most solids develop a surface charge, which is neutralized by an
accumulation of dissolved counterions at the interface. Although the density distribution of …

Molecular dynamics simulations of cesium adsorption on illite nanoparticles

LN Lammers, IC Bourg, M Okumura, K Kolluri… - Journal of colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The charged surfaces of micaceous minerals, especially illite, regulate the mobility of the
major radioisotopes of Cs (134 Cs, 135 Cs, 137 Cs) in the geosphere. Despite the long …

Surface diffusion enhanced ion transport through two-dimensional nanochannels

Y Jiang, R Hu, C Yang, Z Zhou, G Yuan, H Zhou… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Fast ion permeation in nanofluidic channels has been intensively investigated in the past
few decades because of their potential uses in separation technologies and osmotic energy …

Stern layer structure and energetics at mica–water interfaces

IC Bourg, SS Lee, P Fenter… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The screening of surface charge by dissolved ions at solid–liquid interfaces—in the region of
interfacial fluid known as the electrical double layer (EDL)—plays a recurrent role in surface …

The nature of the air-cleaved mica surface

HK Christenson, NH Thomson - Surface science reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The accepted image of muscovite mica is that of an inert and atomically smooth surface,
easily prepared by cleavage in an ambient atmosphere. Consequently, mica is extensively …

Salinity-dependent contact angle alteration in oil/brine/silicate systems: the critical role of divalent cations

MEJ Haagh, I Sîretanu, MHG Duits, F Mugele - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
The effectiveness of water flooding oil recovery depends to an important extent on the
competitive wetting of oil and water on the solid rock matrix. Here, we use macroscopic …