The local vibrational mode theory and its place in the vibrational spectroscopy arena

E Kraka, M Quintano, HW La Force… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This Feature Article starts highlighting some recent experimental and theoretical advances
in the field of IR and Raman spectroscopy, giving a taste of the breadth and dynamics of this …

Ion and water adsorption to graphene and graphene oxide surfaces

AJ Carr, SE Lee, A Uysal - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene and graphene oxide (GO) are two particularly promising nanomaterials for a
range of applications including energy storage, catalysis, and separations. Understanding …

The bending mode of water: A powerful probe for hydrogen bond structure of aqueous systems

T Seki, KY Chiang, CC Yu, X Yu, M Okuno… - The journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Insights into the microscopic structure and dynamics of the water's hydrogen-bonded
network are crucial to understand the role of water in biology, atmospheric and geochemical …

Asymmetric response of interfacial water to applied electric fields

A Montenegro, C Dutta, M Mammetkuliev, H Shi, B Hou… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Our understanding of the dielectric response of interfacial water, which underlies the
solvation properties and reaction rates at aqueous interfaces, relies on the linear response …

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 …

Dynamic surface tension of surfactants in the presence of high salt concentrations

MJ Qazi, SJ Schlegel, EHG Backus, M Bonn, D Bonn… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
We study the influence of high NaCl concentrations on the equilibrium and dynamic surface
tensions of ionic (CTAB) and nonionic (Tween 80) surfactant solutions. Equilibrium surface …

Role of ions on the surface-bound water structure at the silica/water interface: Identifying the spectral signature of stability

B Rehl, JM Gibbs - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Isolating the hydrogen-bonding structure of water immediately at the surface is challenging,
even with surface-specific techniques like sum-frequency generation (SFG), because of the …

The Solvation-Induced Onsager Reaction Field Rather than the Double-Layer Field Controls CO2 Reduction on Gold

Q Zhu, SK Wallentine, GH Deng, JA Rebstock… - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
The selectivity and activity of the carbon dioxide reduction (CO2R) reaction are sensitive
functions of the electrolyte cation. By measuring the vibrational Stark shift of in situ …

Chemistry governs water organization at a graphene electrode

Y Wang, T Seki, X Yu, CC Yu, KY Chiang, KF Domke… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Knowledge of the molecular structure and orientation of interfacial water molecules next to a
potentiostatically controlled electrode surface is of fundamental and technological …

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 …