Tailoring water structure with high-tetrahedral-entropy for antifreezing electrolytes and energy storage at− 80° C

M Qiu, P Sun, K Han, Z Pang, J Du, J Li, J Chen… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
One of unsolved puzzles about water lies in how ion-water interplay affects its freezing point.
Here, we report the direct link between tetrahedral entropy and the freezing behavior of …

Tunable surface wettability via terahertz electrowave controlled vicinal subnanoscale water layer

Z Zhu, J Zhu, C Chang, C Qi, Z Zhu, H Zhao… - Nano Letters, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Achieving timely, reversible, and long-range remote tunability over surface wettability is
highly demanded across diverse fields, including nanofluidic systems, drug delivery, and …

Confined water's dielectric constant reduction is due to the surrounding low dielectric media and not to interfacial molecular ordering

JF Olivieri, JT Hynes, D Laage - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
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 …

Origin of dielectric polarization suppression in confined water from first principles

T Dufils, C Schran, J Chen, AK Geim, L Fumagalli… - Chemical …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
It has long been known that the dielectric constant of confined water should be different from
that in bulk. Recent experiments have shown that it is vanishingly small, however the origin …

Soy protein particles with enhanced anti-aggregation behaviors under various heating temperatures, pH, and ionic strengths

X Zheng, C Ren, Y Wei, J Wang, X Xu, M Du… - Food Research …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Protein-containing food products are frequently heated during processing to passivate anti-
nutritional components. However, heating also contributes to protein aggregation and …

Hollow Cavity CaO2@Polydopamine Nanocomposites for pH‐Responsive Ca2+‐Enhanced Efficient Mild Hyperthermia in the NIR‐II Region

Y Wang, S Wang, S Li, W Zhen, X Jia… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Second near‐infrared (NIR‐II) mild photothermal therapy with higher tissue penetration
depth and less damage to healthy tissues is emerging as an attractive antitumor modality …

Photodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on suspended particles from the Yellow River under sunlight irradiation: QSAR model and mechanism analysis

J Xu, J Wei, X Wei, X Teng, Z Wang, R Qu - Water Research, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), as a class of hydrophobic organic pollutants, are widely
found in river sediments and suspended particles, and the environmental fate of different …

Dielectric susceptibility of water in the interface

DV Matyushov - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
It has long been anticipated that dielectric constants of polar liquids are reduced in the
interfacial layer. Recent experiments and computer simulations support these expectations …

Ordered/disordered structures of water at solid/liquid interfaces

C Qi, C Ling, C Wang - Crystals, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
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 …

Dielectric response of confined water films from a classical density functional theory perspective

D Borgis, D Laage, L Belloni, G Jeanmairet - Chemical Science, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
We re-examine the problem of the dielectric response of highly polar liquids such as water in
confinement between two walls using simple two-variable density functional theory involving …