Toward a first-principles framework for predicting collective properties of electrolytes

TT Duignan, SM Kathmann, GK Schenter… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Given the universal importance of electrolyte solutions, it is natural to expect
that we have a nearly complete understanding of the fundamental properties of these …

Formation, chemical evolution and solidification of the dense liquid phase of calcium (bi) carbonate

B **, Y Chen, H Pyles, MD Baer, BA Legg, Z Wang… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Metal carbonates, which are ubiquitous in the near-surface mineral record, are a major
product of biomineralizing organisms and serve as important targets for capturing …

[HTML][HTML] The known-unknowns of anomalous underscreening in concentrated electrolytes

GR Elliott, KP Gregory, H Robertson, VSJ Craig… - Chemical Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Electrolytes are central to life and technology but lack complete understanding. Recent
experiments with highly concentrated electrolytes have revealed electrostatic decay lengths …

Correlation length in concentrated electrolytes: Insights from all-atom molecular dynamics simulations

SW Coles, C Park, R Nikam, M Kanduc… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We study the correlation length of the charge–charge pair correlations in concentrated
electrolyte solutions by means of all-atom, explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations …

Electrostatic screening length in concentrated salt solutions

P Gaddam, W Ducker - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Thin films (0–30 nm) of very concentrated aqueous monovalent salt solutions (2–10 M of
LiCl, NaCl, and CsCl) were examined to determine how ionic strength affects the screening …

Screening length for finite-size ions in concentrated electrolytes

RM Adar, SA Safran, H Diamant, D Andelman - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
The classical Debye-Hückel (DH) theory clearly accounts for the origin of screening in
electrolyte solutions and works rather well for dilute electrolyte solutions. While the Debye …

Nanocrystals in molten salts and ionic liquids: experimental observation of ionic correlations extending beyond the Debye length

V Kamysbayev, V Srivastava, NB Ludwig… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The nature of the interface between the solute and the solvent in a colloidal solution has
attracted attention for a long time. For example, the surface of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) is …

Structure and anomalous underscreening in ethylammonium nitrate solutions confined between two mica surfaces

YKC Fung, S Perkin - Faraday Discussions, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The observation of long-range interactions across ionic liquids and highly concentrated
electrolytes, extending far beyond the Debye–Hückel prediction and beyond the range …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting underscreening and generalized Kirkwood transitions in aqueous electrolytes

M Dinpajooh, E Biasin, ET Nienhuis… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We establish the connection between the measured small angle x-ray scattering signal and
the charge–charge correlations underlying Kirkwood transitions (KTs) in 1: 1, 2: 1, and 3: 1 …

Phase transitions and electrochemical properties of ionic liquids and ionic liquid—Solvent mixtures

C Cruz, A Ciach - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in studies of ionic liquids (IL) and ionic liquid–solvent mixtures are
reviewed. Selected experimental, simulation, and theoretical results for electrochemical …