Understanding specific ion effects and the Hofmeister series

KP Gregory, GR Elliott, H Robertson, A Kumar… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Specific ion effects (SIE), encompassing the Hofmeister Series, have been known for more
than 130 years since Hofmeister and Lewith's foundational work. SIEs are ubiquitous and …

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 …

Electrolytes at uncharged liquid interfaces: Adsorption, potentials, surface tension, and the role of the surfactant monolayer

RI Slavchov, B Peychev, I Minkov - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
The article summarizes the results of our research on the behavior of ions at uncharged fluid
interfaces, with a focus on moderately to highly concentrated aqueous electrolytes. The ion …

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 …

Room temperature bilayer water structures on a rutile TiO 2 (110) surface: hydrophobic or hydrophilic?

M Qu, G Huang, X Liu, X Nie, C Qi, H Wang, J Hu… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The lack of understanding of the molecular-scale water adsorbed on TiO2 surfaces under
ambient conditions has become a major obstacle for solving the long-time scientific and …

Second-order vibrational lineshapes from the air/water interface

PE Ohno, H Wang, F Paesani, JL Skinner… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We explore by means of modeling how absorptive–dispersive mixing between the second-
and third-order terms modifies the imaginary χtotal (2) responses from air/water interfaces …

Salt solutions in carbon nanotubes: the role of cation− π interactions

TA Pham, SMG Mortuza, BC Wood… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Understanding the structure of aqueous electrolytes at interfaces is essential for predicting
and optimizing device performance for a wide variety of emerging energy and environmental …

Specifics about specific ion adsorption from heterodyne-detected second harmonic generation

MD Boamah, PE Ohno, E Lozier… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ion specific outcomes at aqueous interfaces remain among the most enigmatic phenomena
in interfacial chemistry. Here, charged fused silica/water interfaces have been probed by …

Theoretical Study of the Two-Dimensional Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy of the Air–Water Interface at Varying Temperature and Its …

R Malik, A Chandra, B Das… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We performed a theoretical study of the temperature variation of two-dimensional vibrational
sum frequency generation (2D-VSFG) spectra of the OH stretch modes at air–water …

Direct Observation of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction on Gold: Site Blocking by the Stern Layer Controls CO2 Adsorption Kinetics

S Wallentine, S Bandaranayake… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Directly observing active surface intermediates represents a major challenge in
electrocatalysis, especially for CO2 electroreduction on Au. We use in-situ, plasmon …