Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

[HTML][HTML] The physics behind water irregularity

CQ Sun, Y Huang, X Zhang, Z Ma, B Wang - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The notion of asymmetrical Hydrogen Bond (O: HO) Cooperativity and Polarizability (HBCP)
has enabled exploration of the core physics behind irregularities of water and ice …

Water absorption by deep eutectic solvents

Y Chen, D Yu, W Chen, L Fu, T Mu - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are one type of green solvents. Most of the DESs could
absorb water from air. However, even a trace amount of water can affect the chemical …

Ultrafast Water H-Bond Rearrangement in a Metal–Organic Framework Probed by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy

ML Valentine, G Yin, JJ Oppenheim… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We investigated the water H-bond network and its dynamics in Ni2Cl2BTDD, a prototypical
MOF for atmospheric water harvesting, using linear and ultrafast IR spectroscopy. Utilizing …

Structural characterization of protonated water clusters confined in HZSM-5 zeolites

JH Hack, JP Dombrowski, X Ma, Y Chen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A molecular description of the structure and behavior of water confined in aluminosilicate
zeolite pores is a crucial component for understanding zeolite acid chemistry under hydrous …

Structure and thermodynamics of water adsorption in NU-1500-Cr

CH Ho, ML Valentine, Z Chen, H Xie, O Farha… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of materials with diverse chemical and
structural properties, and have been shown to effectively adsorb various types of guest …

Photochemistry and photophysics in silica-based materials: ultrafast and single molecule spectroscopy observation

N Alarcos, B Cohen, M Ziółek, A Douhal - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Silica-based materials (SBMs) are widely used in catalysis, photonics, and drug delivery.
Their pores and cavities act as hosts of diverse guests ranging from classical dyes to drugs …

Ultrafast 2D-IR spectroscopy of intensely optically scattering pelleted solid catalysts

PM Donaldson, RF Howe, AP Hawkins… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Solid, powdered samples are often prepared for infrared (IR) spectroscopy analysis in the
form of compressed pellets. The intense scattering of incident light by such samples inhibits …

Advanced materials for energy-water systems: the central role of water/solid interfaces in adsorption, reactivity, and transport

E Barry, R Burns, W Chen, GX De Hoe… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The structure, chemistry, and charge of interfaces between materials and aqueous fluids
play a central role in determining properties and performance of numerous water systems …

Vibrational Dynamics at Aqueous–Mineral Interfaces

SM Piontek, E Borguet - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022 - ACS Publications
The dynamics of water at mineral surfaces has attracted much attention due to the marked
differences, compared to the bulk, in the ability of interfacial water populations to redistribute …