Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Water at charged interfaces

G Gonella, EHG Backus, Y Nagata… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Multiscale modeling of aqueous electric double layers

M Becker, P Loche, M Rezaei, A Wolde-Kidan… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
From the stability of colloidal suspensions to the charging of electrodes, electric double
layers play a pivotal role in aqueous systems. The interactions between interfaces, water …

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 …

Uncovering the dominant role of an extended asymmetric four-coordinated water network in the hydrogen evolution reaction

S Li, L Wu, Q Liu, M Zhu, Z Li, C Wang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In situ and accurate measurement of the structure and dynamics of interfacial water in the
hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a well-known challenge because of the coupling of …

Elucidation of the pH-dependent electric double layer structure at the silica/water interface using heterodyne-detected vibrational sum frequency generation …

F Wei, S Urashima, S Nihonyanagi… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
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 …

Nature of cations critically affects water at the negatively charged silica interface

J Hunger, J Schaefer, P Ober, T Seki… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Understanding the collective behavior of ions at charged surfaces is of paramount
importance for geological and electrochemical processes. Ions screen the surface charge …

Probing the mineral–water interface with nonlinear optical spectroscopy

EHG Backus, J Schaefer, M Bonn - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

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 …

Ions tune interfacial water structure and modulate hydrophobic interactions at silica surfaces

A Tuladhar, S Dewan, S Pezzotti… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The structure and ultrafast dynamics of the electric double layer (EDL) are central to
chemical reactivity and physical properties at solid/aqueous interfaces. While the Gouy …