Achieving timely, reversible, and long-range remote tunability over surface wettability is
highly demanded across diverse fields, including nanofluidic systems, drug delivery, and …

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

The mechanism of ice nucleation at the molecular level remains largely unknown. Nature
endows antifreeze proteins (AFPs) with the unique capability of controlling ice formation …

A sum-frequency spectroscopy scheme is developed that allows the measurement of
vibrational spectra of the interfacial molecular structure of charged water interfaces. The …

Due to the complexity of wastewater pollutants and their adverse effects on human health
and the environment, there is an urgent need for the development of a recyclable adsorbent …

Hydrophobic-like water monolayers have been predicted at the metal and some polar
surfaces by theoretical simulations. However, direct experimental evidence for the presence …

The underlying wettability alteration mechanism responsible for enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) in carbonate reservoirs is a long-standing issue for which no consensus has yet been …

Investigating the inherent wettability of rock surfaces at nanoscale is of great importance in
ore floatation and oil recovery field. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we …

Experiments and theory have revealed versatile possible phases for adsorbed and confined
water on two-dimensional solid surfaces, which are closely related to the aspects of various …

Heterogeneous catalysis at the metal surface generally involves the transport of molecules
through the interfacial water layer to access the surface, which is a rate-determining step at …