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 …

Molecular structure and modeling of water–air and ice–air interfaces monitored by sum-frequency generation

F Tang, T Ohto, S Sun, JR Rouxel, S Imoto… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
From a glass of water to glaciers in Antarctica, water–air and ice–air interfaces are abundant
on Earth. Molecular-level structure and dynamics at these interfaces are key for …

Strong surface hydration and salt resistant mechanism of a new nonfouling zwitterionic polymer based on protein stabilizer TMAO

H Huang, C Zhang, R Crisci, T Lu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Zwitterionic polymers exhibit excellent nonfouling performance due to their strong surface
hydrations. However, salt molecules may severely reduce the surface hydrations of typical …

Toward understanding bacterial ice nucleation

M Lukas, R Schwidetzky, RJ Eufemio… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bacterial ice nucleators (INs) are among the most effective ice nucleators known and are
relevant for freezing processes in agriculture, the atmosphere, and the biosphere. Their …

Surface potential driven water harvesting from fog

DP Ura, J Knapczyk-Korczak, PK Szewczyk… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Access to clean water is a global challenge, and fog collectors are a promising solution.
Polycarbonate (PC) fibers have been used in fog collectors but with limited efficiency. In this …

The hydrogen-bonding dynamics of water to a nitrile-functionalized electrode is modulated by voltage according to ultrafast 2D IR spectroscopy

MJ Ryan, N Yang, K Kwac… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
We report the hydrogen-bonding dynamics of water to a nitrile-functionalized and plasmonic
electrode surface as a function of applied voltage. The surface-enhanced two-dimensional …

Molecular fingerprints of hydrophobicity at aqueous interfaces from theory and vibrational spectroscopies

S Pezzotti, A Serva, F Sebastiani… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity of aqueous interfaces at the molecular level results from a
subtle balance in the water–water and water–surface interactions. This is characterized here …

[HTML][HTML] On the Fresnel factor correction of sum-frequency generation spectra of interfacial water

X Yu, KY Chiang, CC Yu, M Bonn… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Insights into the microscopic structure of aqueous interfaces are essential for understanding
the chemical and physical processes on the water surface, including chemical synthesis …

Cations control lipid bilayer memcapacitance associated with long-term potentiation

HL Scott, D Bolmatov, UI Premadasa… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phospholipid bilayers can be described as capacitors whose capacitance per unit area
(specific capacitance, C m) is determined by their thickness and dielectric constant─ …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time study of on-water chemistry: Surfactant monolayer-assisted growth of a crystalline quasi-2D polymer

T Seki, X Yu, P Zhang, CC Yu, K Liu, L Gunkel, R Dong… - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
Unlike in the bulk, the hydrogen bond network of water is interrupted at water interfaces, and
thus chemical reaction occurs at the water interface in a different manner than in the bulk …