The ubiquity of aqueous solutions in contact with charged surfaces and the realization that
the molecular-level details of water–surface interactions often determine interfacial functions …

We present an overview of recent static and time-resolved vibrational spectroscopic studies
of liquid water from ambient conditions to the supercooled state, as well as of crystalline and …

We present an overview of studies on the ultrafast dynamics of water at aqueous interfaces
carried out by time-resolved vibrational sum frequency generation (VSFG) spectroscopies …

Zwitterionic materials are an important class of antifouling biomaterials for various
applications. Despite such desirable antifouling properties, molecular-level understanding of …

Vibrational sum-frequency generation (VSFG) spectroscopy is a powerful tool to study
interfaces. Recently, multiplex heterodyne-detected VSFG (HD-VSFG) has been developed …

Ice-nucleating organisms play important roles in the environment. With their ability to induce
ice formation at temperatures just below the ice melting point, bacteria such as …

Sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) can provide detailed
information and understanding of the molecular composition, interactions, and orientational …

Phase-sensitive sum-frequency spectroscopy (SFS) allows the complete measurement of
the complex spectra of surface nonlinear response coefficients. Similar to linear …

Discussion on the structure of the water surface relies on accurate determination of the χ (2)
spectrum. For obtaining accurate χ (2) spectrum of the air/water interface in the OH stretch …

Lipid/water interfaces and associated interfacial water are vital for various biochemical
reactions, but the molecular-level understanding of their property is very limited. We …