Materials with the desirable surface wettability are of key importance in diverse applications.
However, most of the existing chemical processes used for surface wettability control are …

The ability to obtain a molecular-level understanding of the chemistry that takes place at
liquid/solid interfaces is key to the development and improvement of many chemical and …

Enzymes immobilized on solid supports have important and industrial and medical
applications. However, their uses are limited by the significant reductions in activity and …

In nature, aqueous solutions often move collectively along solid surfaces (for example,
raindrops falling on the ground and rivers flowing through riverbeds). However, the influence …

Computational simulation of peptide adsorption at the aqueous gold interface is key to
advancing the development of many applications based on gold nanoparticles, ranging from …

The organization of water at the interface with silica and alumina oxides is analysed using
density functional theory-based molecular dynamics simulation (DFT-MD). The interfacial …

1. INTRODUCTION The attachment of biomolecules onto solid surfaces is fundamental to a
wide range of scientific, engineering, and industrial pursuits. 1, 2 For example, the …

Porous lubricated surfaces (aka slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces, SLIPS) have been
demonstrated to repel various liquids. The origin of this repellency, however, is not fully …

Mineral/aqueous interfaces are ubiquitous in geochemistry and are employed for
applications spanning catalysis to CO 2 sequestration. Small changes in interface …

The critical quantity in understanding imaging using an atomic force microscope is the force
the sample exerts on the tip. We put forward a simple one-to-one force to water density …