Vibrational spectroscopy and dynamics of water

F Perakis, L De Marco, A Shalit, F Tang… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We present an overview of recent static and time-resolved vibrational spectroscopic studies
of liquid water from ambient conditions to the supercooled state, as well as of crystalline and …

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 …

Surface stratification determines the interfacial water structure of simple electrolyte solutions

Y Litman, KY Chiang, T Seki, Y Nagata, M Bonn - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
The distribution of ions at the air/water interface plays a decisive role in many natural
processes. Several studies have reported that larger ions tend to be surface-active, implying …

The photochemical reaction of phenol becomes ultrafast at the air–water interface

R Kusaka, S Nihonyanagi, T Tahara - Nature Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Reactions at the interface between water and other phases play important roles in nature
and in various chemical systems. Although some experimental and theoretical studies …

Second-order spectral lineshapes from charged interfaces

PE Ohno, H Wang, FM Geiger - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Second-order nonlinear spectroscopy has proven to be a powerful tool in elucidating key
chemical and structural characteristics at a variety of interfaces. However, the presence of …

Molecular structure and modeling of water–air and ice–air interfaces monitored by sum-frequency generation

F Tang, T Ohto, S Sun, JR Rouxel, S Imoto… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
From a glass of water to glaciers in Antarctica, water–air and ice–air interfaces are abundant
on Earth. Molecular-level structure and dynamics at these interfaces are key for …

The shape of water in zeolites and its impact on epoxidation catalysis

DT Bregante, MC Chan, JZ Tan, EZ Ayla… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Solvent structures that surround active sites reorganize during catalysis and influence the
stability of surface intermediates. Within zeolite pores, H2O molecules form hydrogen …

Ultrafast dynamics at water interfaces studied by vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy

S Nihonyanagi, S Yamaguchi, T Tahara - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present an overview of studies on the ultrafast dynamics of water at aqueous interfaces
carried out by time-resolved vibrational sum frequency generation (VSFG) spectroscopies …

Dissecting the molecular structure of the air/water interface from quantum simulations of the sum-frequency generation spectrum

GR Medders, F Paesani - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The molecular characterization of the air/water interface is a key step in understanding
fundamental multiphase phenomena ranging from heterogeneous chemical processes in …

Getting the right answers for the right reasons: Toward predictive molecular simulations of water with many-body potential energy functions

F Paesani - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The central role played by water in fundamental processes relevant to different
disciplines, including chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, geology, and climate …