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 …

The interaction between minerals and water is manifold and complex: the mineral surface
can be (de) protonated by water, thereby changing its charge; mineral ions dissolved into …

Proton transfer across single-layer graphene proceeds with large computed energy barriers
and is therefore thought to be unfavourable at room temperature unless nanoscale holes or …

The silica/water interface is one of the most abundant charged interfaces in natural
environments, and the elucidation of the water structure at the silica/water interface is …

Understanding the collective behavior of ions at charged surfaces is of paramount
importance for geological and electrochemical processes. Ions screen the surface charge …

Surface-specific vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy (V-SFG) is frequently
used to obtain information about the molecular structure at charged interfaces. Here, we …

Specific ion effects (SIEs) are known to influence the acid/base behavior of silica and the
interfacial structure of water, yet evidence of the effect of pH on SIEs is lacking. Here …

Controlled hydrogenative hydrogenolysis and rearrangement of furfurals to polyols and
cyclopentanones are critical for upgrading biomass to fine chemicals, but are challenging …

Historically, different pH-dependent behaviors at the mineral oxide/aqueous electrolyte
interface have been observed by nonresonant second harmonic generation (SHG) and …

Polarimetric angle-resolved second-harmonic scattering (AR-SHS) is an all-optical tool
enabling the study of unlabeled interfaces of nano-sized particles in an aqueous solution. As …