Safe and clean water is of pivotal importance to all living species and the ecosystem on
earth. However, the accelerating economy and industrialization of mankind generate water …

In this Focus Review, we put the spotlight on very recent insights into the fascinating world of
wet chemistry in the realm offered by nanoconfinement of water in mechanically rather rigid …

The production of molecular hydrogen by catalyzing water splitting is central to achieving the
decarbonization of sustainable fuels and chemical transformations. In this work, a series of …

Liquid water confined within nanometer-sized channels exhibits a surprisingly low dielectric
constant along the direction orthogonal to the channel walls. This is typically assumed to …

Dielectric permittivity is central to many biological and physiochemical systems, as it affects
the long-range electrostatic interactions. Similar to many fluid properties, confinement …

Colloidal interactions between clay nanoparticles have been studied extensively because of
their strong influence on the hydrology and mechanics of many soils and sedimentary …

Graphene and graphene oxide (GO) are two particularly promising nanomaterials for a
range of applications including energy storage, catalysis, and separations. Understanding …

The kinetics of aqueous outer-sphere electron-transfer (ET) reactions are determined in
large part by noncovalent electrostatic interactions that originate from the surrounding …

Nanoconfined waters exhibit low static permittivity mainly due to interfacial effects that span
about one nanometer. The characteristic length scale may be much longer in the terahertz …

Water molecules confined to low‐dimensional spaces exhibit unusual properties compared
to bulk water. For example, the alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanodomains on flat …