The increasing importance of studies on soft matter and their impact on new technologies,
including those associated with nanotechnology, has brought intermolecular and surface …

Water at interfaces plays essential roles in many natural phenomena and engineering
applications. However, the molecular behavior of interfacial water is still a matter of intense …

An energy-saving system containing ion-exchange or nanoporous materials and carbonate
ions is proposed, which is capable of capturing CO 2 from ambient air simply by controlling …

Here we report the bias-evolution of the electrical double layer structure of an ionic liquid on
highly ordered pyrolytic graphite measured by atomic force microscopy. We observe …

Understanding the influence of water layers adjacent to interfaces is fundamental in order to
fully comprehend the interactions of both biological and nonbiological materials in aqueous …

Limited surface lubrication and bacterial biofilm formation pose great challenges to
biomedical implants. Although hydrophilic lubricated coatings and bacterial resistance …

Solid–liquid interfaces are central to a range of interesting phenomena including colloidal
aggregation, crystallization by particle attachment, catalysis, heterogeneous nucleation …

The hydrophobic force describes the attraction between water-hating molecules (and
surfaces) that draws them together, causing aggregation, phase separation, protein folding …

Some physicochemical aspects of water-soluble mineral flotation including hydration
phenomena, associations and interactions between collectors, air bubbles, and water …

The dynamic and structural properties of a room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-butyl-3-
methyl-imidazolium (trifluoromethanesulfonimide)([C4mim][Tf2N]) confined in silica and …