Advanced materials for energy-water systems: the central role of water/solid interfaces in adsorption, reactivity, and transport

E Barry, R Burns, W Chen, GX De Hoe… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The structure, chemistry, and charge of interfaces between materials and aqueous fluids
play a central role in determining properties and performance of numerous water systems …

Infrared Spectroscopy for Understanding the Structure of Nafion and its Associated Properties.

T Agarwal, AK Prasad, SG Advani, SK Babu… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Significant effort has been invested previously to understand the effect of temperature and
humidity on water uptake, water transport, structure, and proton conductivity of …

Structural characterization of protonated water clusters confined in HZSM-5 zeolites

JH Hack, JP Dombrowski, X Ma, Y Chen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A molecular description of the structure and behavior of water confined in aluminosilicate
zeolite pores is a crucial component for understanding zeolite acid chemistry under hydrous …

The evolution of hydrogen bond network in nafion via molecular dynamics simulation

R Cui, S Li, C Yu, Y Zhou - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The hydrogen bond network (HBN) is of primary importance to the proton transport in Nafion.
However, the evolution of the HBN in Nafion with water content and the underlying …

Identical water dynamics in acrylamide hydrogels, polymers, and monomers in solution: ultrafast IR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations

SA Roget, ZA Piskulich, WH Thompson… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The dynamics and structure of water in polyacrylamide hydrogels (PAAm-HG),
polyacrylamide, and acrylamide solutions are investigated using ultrafast infrared …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive study on the ionomer properties of PFSA membranes with confocal Raman microscopy

M Maier, D Abbas, M Komma, MS Mu'min… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
The proton exchange membrane is the heart of many electrochemical energy systems, and
their performance and longevity depend on a careful selection and processing of membrane …

Hydronium ion diffusion in model proton exchange membranes at low hydration: insights from ab initio molecular dynamics

T Zelovich, KI Winey, ME Tuckerman - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fuel-cell deployable proton exchange membranes (PEMs) are considered to be a promising
technology for clean and efficient power generation. However, a fundamental atomistic …

Short-and long-range crowding effects on water's hydrogen bond networks

X You, JC Shirley, E Lee, CR Baiz - Cell Reports Physical Science, 2021 - cell.com
Intracellular water is highly confined with approximately 40% of the cell volume occupied by
biomolecules. Crowding alters water dynamics and interactions with biomolecules. In …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of pore size on water dynamics in mesoporous silica

SA Yamada, ST Hung, WH Thompson… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Water confined in mesoporous silica plays a central role in its many uses ranging from gas
sorption to nanoconfined chemical reactions. Here, the influence of pore diameter (2.5–5.4 …

Water layering affects hydroxide diffusion in functionalized nanoconfined environments

T Zelovich, ME Tuckerman - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In functionalized nanoconfined environments of the type employed in the study of anion
exchange membranes (AEMs), a unique set of water layers forms as a result of the presence …