Molecular reactions at aqueous interfaces

MF Ruiz-Lopez, JS Francisco… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
This Review aims to critically analyse the emerging field of chemical reactivity at aqueous
interfaces. The subject has evolved rapidly since the discovery of the so-called 'on-water …

Spontaneous reduction-induced degradation of viologen compounds in water microdroplets and its inhibition by host–guest complexation

C Gong, D Li, X Li, D Zhang, D **ng… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water serves as an inert environment for the dispersion and application of many kinds of
herbicides. Viologen compounds, a type of widely used but highly toxic herbicide, are stable …

Heterogeneous reactions of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere

X Shen, Y Zhao, Z Chen, D Huang - Atmospheric Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are of central importance in the atmosphere because of
their close relation to air quality and climate change. As a significant sink for VOCs, the fate …

On the formation of hydrogen peroxide in water microdroplets

A Gallo Jr, NH Musskopf, X Liu, Z Yang, J Petry… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent reports on the formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in water microdroplets
produced via pneumatic spraying or capillary condensation have garnered significant …

Electrification at water–hydrophobe interfaces

J Nauruzbayeva, Z Sun, A Gallo Jr, M Ibrahim… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The mechanisms leading to the electrification of water when it comes in contact with
hydrophobic surfaces remains a research frontier in chemical science. A clear …

Acids at the edge: Why nitric and formic acid dissociations at air–water interfaces depend on depth and on interface specific area

M de la Puente, R David, A Gomez… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Whether the air–water interface decreases or increases the acidity of simple organic and
inorganic acids compared to the bulk is critically important in a broad range of environmental …

Free-energy barriers and reaction mechanisms for the electrochemical reduction of CO on the Cu (100) surface, including multiple layers of explicit solvent at pH 0

T Cheng, H **ao, WA Goddard III - The journal of physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The great interest in the photochemical reduction from CO2 to fuels and chemicals has
focused attention on Cu because of its unique ability to catalyze formation of carbon …

Fenton chemistry at aqueous interfaces

S Enami, Y Sakamoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
In a fundamental process throughout nature, reduced iron unleashes the oxidative power of
hydrogen peroxide into reactive intermediates. However, notwithstanding much work, the …

Brønsted basicity of the air–water interface

H Mishra, S Enami, RJ Nielsen… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Differences in the extent of protonation of functional groups lying on either side of water–
hydrophobe interfaces are deemed essential to enzymatic catalysis, molecular recognition …

Oxidation of Gas-Phase SO2 on the Surfaces of Acidic Microdroplets: Implications for Sulfate and Sulfate Radical Anion Formation in the Atmospheric Liquid Phase

HM Hung, MR Hoffmann - Environmental Science & Technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
The oxidation of SO2 (g) on the interfacial layers of microdroplet surfaces was investigated
using a spray-chamber reactor coupled to an electrospray ionization mass spectrometer …