Water at charged interfaces

G Gonella, EHG Backus, Y Nagata… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The ubiquity of aqueous solutions in contact with charged surfaces and the realization that
the molecular-level details of water–surface interactions often determine interfacial functions …

Recent progress in interfacial dipole engineering for perovskite solar cells

Y Ma, J Gong, P Zeng, M Liu - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Design and modification of interfaces have been the main strategies in developing
perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Among the interfacial treatments, dipole molecules have …

Surface stratification determines the interfacial water structure of simple electrolyte solutions

Y Litman, KY Chiang, T Seki, Y Nagata, M Bonn - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
The distribution of ions at the air/water interface plays a decisive role in many natural
processes. Several studies have reported that larger ions tend to be surface-active, implying …

Water structure in the electrical double layer and the contributions to the total interfacial potential at different surface charge densities

B Rehl, E Ma, S Parshotam… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The electric double layer governs the processes of all charged surfaces in aqueous
solutions; however, elucidating the structure of the water molecules is challenging for even …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for enhancing the sensitivity of plasmonic nanosensors

L Guo, JA Jackman, HH Yang, P Chen, NJ Cho… - Nano Today, 2015 - Elsevier
Based on the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of metallic nanoparticles,
plasmonic nanosensors have emerged as a powerful tool for biosensing applications. Many …

Second harmonic and sum-frequency generation from aqueous interfaces is modulated by interference

G Gonella, C Lütgebaucks… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The interfacial region of aqueous systems also known as the electrical double layer can be
characterized on the molecular level with second harmonic and sum-frequency generation …

Probing liquid/solid interfaces at the molecular level

F Zaera - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
The ability to obtain a molecular-level understanding of the chemistry that takes place at
liquid/solid interfaces is key to the development and improvement of many chemical and …

Imaging voltage in neurons

DS Peterka, H Takahashi, R Yuste - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
In the last decades, imaging membrane potential has become a fruitful approach to study
neural circuits, especially in invertebrate preparations with large, resilient neurons. At the …

Interfacial water structure associated with phospholipid membranes studied by phase-sensitive vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy

X Chen, W Hua, Z Huang, HC Allen - Journal of the American …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Phase-sensitive vibrational sum frequency generation is employed to investigate the water
structure at phospholipid/water interfaces. Interfacial water molecules are oriented …

Quantitative sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy of molecular surfaces and interfaces: lineshape, polarization, and orientation

HF Wang, L Velarde, W Gan, L Fu - Annual review of physical …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) can provide detailed
information and understanding of the molecular composition, interactions, and orientational …