Graphene liquid marbles as photothermal miniature reactors for reaction kinetics modulation

W Gao, HK Lee, J Hobley, T Liu, IY Phang… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate the fabrication of graphene liquid marbles as photothermal miniature
reactors with precise temperature control for reaction kinetics modulation. Graphene liquid …

Vibrationally excited ultrafast thermodynamic phase transitions at the water/air interface

K Franjic, RJD Miller - Physical chemistry chemical physics, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The extraordinary ability of the hydrogen-bond network of water in the condensed phase to
thermalize vibrational excitations within several picoseconds, even under supercritical …

Probing the hydrogen-bond network of water via time-resolved soft X-ray spectroscopy

N Huse, H Wen, D Nordlund, E Szilagyi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
We report time-resolved studies of hydrogen bonding in liquid H2O, in response to direct
excitation of the O–H stretch mode at 3 μm, probed via soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy at …

Probing nanoscopic droplet interfaces in aqueous solution with vibrational sum-frequency scattering: A study of the effects of path length, droplet density and pulse …

HB De Aguiar, JS Samson, S Roke - Chemical Physics Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
We present a description of sum frequency scattering experiments to probe the interfacial
vibrational spectrum of nanoscopic oil droplets dispersed in water. SF scattering …

Prospects of using high-intensity THz pulses to induce ultrafast temperature-jumps in liquid water

PK Mishra, V Bettaque, O Vendrell… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ultrashort, high-intensity terahertz (THz) pulses, eg, generated at free-electron laser
facilities, allow for direct investigation as well as the driving of intermolecular modes in …

Exchange counterion in polycationic hydrogels: Tunability of hydrophobicity, water state, and floating capability for a floating ph device

M Danko, Z Kronekova, I Krupa, J Tkac, P Matúš… - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Smart gel materials are capable of controlling and switching swelling, water state, and
wettability properties triggered by external stimuli. In this study, we fabricated a series of …

Non-equilibrium effects evidenced by vibrational spectra during the coil-to-globule transition in poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) subjected to an ultrafast heating–cooling …

SA Deshmukh, G Kamath, KJ Suthar, DC Mancini… - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular dynamics simulations in conjunction with finite element calculations are used to
explore the conformational dynamics of a thermo-sensitive oligomer, namely poly (N …

Plasma mediated ns-laser erosion of SiC monitored using Raman spectroscopy and in-operando LIBS

D Karnam, M Rouhani, J Hobley, CH Hung, YL Lo… - Surfaces and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the mechanism of nanosecond laser-assisted material erosion is revealed to be
dominated by multiphoton absorption and material ejection in a gaseous plasma plume. The …

Ultrafast energy transfer from solvent to solute induced by subpicosecond highly intense thz pulses

PK Mishra, O Vendrell, R Santra - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The ultrafast energy transfer from an intense, subpicosecond THz pulse to bulk water at 300
K and density 1 g/cm3 is simulated by ab initio molecular dynamics with explicit inclusion of …

Model properties relevant to laser ablation of moderately absorbing polymers

S Lazare, I Elaboudi, M Castillejo, A Sionkowska - Applied Physics A, 2010 - Springer
A set of polymers including biopolymers and polymers from renewable resources are
studied, with attention paid to their capability to form a foamy surface layer by laser …