Triple-bond vibrations: Emerging applications in energy and biological sciences

L Zhou, R Feng, W Zhang, F Gai - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Triple bonds, such as that formed between two carbon atoms (ie, C≡ C) or that formed
between one carbon atom and one nitrogen atom (ie, C≡ N), afford unique chemical …

Excess spectroscopy and its applications in the study of solution chemistry

Y Zhang, Z Wu, Y Wang, H He, Z Yu - Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2020 - degruyter.com
Abstract Characterization of structural heterogeneity of liquid solutions and the pursuit of its
nature have been challenging tasks to solution chemists. In the last decade, an emerging …

Electro-inductive effect dominates vibrational frequency shifts of conjugated probes on gold electrodes

WR Lake, J Meng, JM Dawlaty, T Lian… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial electric fields play a critical role in electrocatalysis and are often characterized by
using vibrational probes attached to an electrode surface. Understanding the physical …

Spectroscopic and Computational Study of ZnCl2–Methanol Low-Melting-Temperature Mixtures

P Kalhor, Z Sun, Z Yu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alcoholic electrolyte mixtures have wide applications in industries. In this study, a series of
mixtures composed of ZnCl2 and methanol (MeOH) with ZnCl2 mol% from 6.7 to 25 were …

In situ species analysis of a lithium-ion battery electrolyte containing LiTFSI and propylene carbonate

YQ Wang, H Xu, B Cao, J Ma… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this study, we analyzed the species in a model electrolyte consisting of a lithium salt,
lithium bis (trifluoromethane sulfone) imide (LiTFSI), and a widely used neutral solvent …

Acidity scales of deep eutectic solvents based on IR and NMR

F Zhou, R Shi, Y Wang, Z Xue, B Zhang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Acidic deep eutectic solvents (ADESs) have been utilized in various applications. Clearly, it
is crucial to obtain acidity information that could reveal the relationship with performance …

[HTML][HTML] Glycerol as Alternative Co-Solvent for Water Extraction of Polyphenols from Carménère Pomace: Hot Pressurized Liquid Extraction and Computational …

NL Huamán-Castilla, MS Mariotti-Celis… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glycerol is a co-solvent for water extraction that has been shown to be highly effective for
obtaining polyphenol extracts under atmospheric conditions. However, its efficacy under …

Influence of Hydration on the Structure and Interactions of Ethaline Deep‐Eutectic Solvent: A Spectroscopic and Computational Study

P Kalhor, YZ Zheng, H Ashraf, B Cao… - ChemPhysChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Deep‐eutectic solvents (DESs) are regarded as alternative green solvents to ionic liquids. In
this work we report the structural properties and hydrogen bonding (H‐bonding) interactions …

The structural properties of a ZnCl 2–ethylene glycol binary system and the peculiarities at the eutectic composition

P Kalhor, K Ghandi, H Ashraf, Z Yu - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
ATR-FTIR spectroscopy was performed on a series of ZnCl2–ethylene glycol (EG) mixtures
with a wide-range of compositions (1: 1.5–1: 14 in molar ratios), involving the stable ZnCl2 …

Distinguishing between the electrostatic effects and explicit ion interactions in a stark probe

A Maitra, P Das, BC Thompson… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Vibrational Stark probes are incisive tools for measuring local electric fields in a wide range
of chemical environments. The interpretation of the frequency shift often gets complicated …