Dilute polyelectrolyte solutions: recent progress and open questions
Polyelectrolytes are a class of polymers possessing ionic groups on their repeating units.
Since counterions can dissociate from the polymer backbone, polyelectrolyte chains are …
Since counterions can dissociate from the polymer backbone, polyelectrolyte chains are …
[HTML][HTML] The known-unknowns of anomalous underscreening in concentrated electrolytes
Electrolytes are central to life and technology but lack complete understanding. Recent
experiments with highly concentrated electrolytes have revealed electrostatic decay lengths …
experiments with highly concentrated electrolytes have revealed electrostatic decay lengths …
A screening of results on the decay length in concentrated electrolytes
Screening of electrostatic interactions in room-temperature ionic liquids and concentrated
electrolytes has recently attracted much attention as surface force balance experiments have …
electrolytes has recently attracted much attention as surface force balance experiments have …
Scaling perspectives of underscreening in concentrated electrolyte solutions
We present a scaling view of underscreening observed in salt solutions in the range of
concentrations greater than about 1 M, in which the screening length increases with …
concentrations greater than about 1 M, in which the screening length increases with …
Anomalous underscreening in the restricted primitive model
A Härtel, M Bültmann, F Coupette - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Underscreening is a collective term for charge correlations in electrolytes decaying slower
than the Debye length. Anomalous underscreening refers to phenomenology that cannot be …
than the Debye length. Anomalous underscreening refers to phenomenology that cannot be …
Wave mechanics in an ionic liquid mixture
Experimental measurements of interactions in ionic liquids and concentrated electrolytes
over the past decade or so have revealed simultaneous monotonic and oscillatory decay …
over the past decade or so have revealed simultaneous monotonic and oscillatory decay …
Disparate external electric field effect on the adsorption and shear behavior of monovalent and trivalent ions in electrolyte solution
R Zhao, T Han, C Zhang, Q Yu - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Reducing friction is of great interest, and an external potential applied to the friction pair can
regulate lubricity. Electrochemical atomic force microscopy (EC-AFM) is used to study the …
regulate lubricity. Electrochemical atomic force microscopy (EC-AFM) is used to study the …
[HTML][HTML] Detecting underscreening and generalized Kirkwood transitions in aqueous electrolytes
We establish the connection between the measured small angle x-ray scattering signal and
the charge–charge correlations underlying Kirkwood transitions (KTs) in 1: 1, 2: 1, and 3: 1 …
the charge–charge correlations underlying Kirkwood transitions (KTs) in 1: 1, 2: 1, and 3: 1 …
Structure and anomalous underscreening in ethylammonium nitrate solutions confined between two mica surfaces
The observation of long-range interactions across ionic liquids and highly concentrated
electrolytes, extending far beyond the Debye–Hückel prediction and beyond the range …
electrolytes, extending far beyond the Debye–Hückel prediction and beyond the range …
Solvent Effects on Structure and Screening in Confined Electrolytes
Using classical density functional theory, we investigate the influence of solvent on the
structure and ionic screening of electrolytes under slit confinement and in contact with a …
structure and ionic screening of electrolytes under slit confinement and in contact with a …