Multiscale modeling of aqueous electric double layers

M Becker, P Loche, M Rezaei, A Wolde-Kidan… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
From the stability of colloidal suspensions to the charging of electrodes, electric double
layers play a pivotal role in aqueous systems. The interactions between interfaces, water …

Water structure in the electrical double layer and the contributions to the total interfacial potential at different surface charge densities

B Rehl, E Ma, S Parshotam… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The electric double layer governs the processes of all charged surfaces in aqueous
solutions; however, elucidating the structure of the water molecules is challenging for even …

Water, not salt, causes most of the Seebeck effect of nonisothermal aqueous electrolytes

O Nickel, LJV Ahrens-Iwers, RH Meißner, M Janssen - Physical review letters, 2024 - APS
A temperature difference between two electrolyte-immersed electrodes often yields a
voltage Δ ψ between them. This electrolyte Seebeck effect is usually explained by cations …

[HTML][HTML] On the timescale of electrochemical processes

E Santos, W Schmickler - Electrochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
There is an ongoing discussion in the literature if simulations of electrochemical reactions
should be performed at constant electrode potential. In this context we examine the …

Modeling nuclear quantum effects on long-range electrostatics in nonuniform fluids

RC Remsing - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Nuclear quantum effects play critical roles in a variety of molecular processes, especially in
systems that contain hydrogen and other light nuclei, such as water. For water under …

Quantifying the molecular polarization response of liquid water interfaces at heterogeneously charged surfaces

S Shin, AP Willard - Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2023 - ACS Publications
The hydration shells of proteins mediate interactions, such as small molecule binding, that
are vital to their biological function or in some cases their dysfunction. However, even when …

The Three-Phase Contact Potential Difference Modulates the Water Surface Charge

V Artemov, L Frank, R Doronin, P Stärk… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The surface charge of an open water surface is crucial for solvation phenomena and
interfacial processes in aqueous systems. However, the magnitude of the charge is …

Why DFT‐Based Tight Binding Gives a Better Representation of the Potential at Metal‐Solution Interfaces than DFT Does

P Quaino, JL Nuñez, B Aradi… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In modelling electrochemical interfaces it is important to treat electrode and electrolyte at the
same level of theory. Density functional theory, which is usually the method of choice, suffers …

How Thick is the Air–Water Interface?─ A Direct Experimental Measurement of the Decay Length of the Interfacial Structural Anisotropy

AP Fellows, ÁD Duque, V Balos, L Lehmann, RR Netz… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
The air–water interface is a highly prevalent phase boundary impacting many natural and
artificial processes. The significance of this interface arises from the unique properties of …

Variation of Surface Propensity of Halides with Droplet Size and Temperature: The Planar Interface Limit

V Kwan, S Consta, SMA Malek - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The radial number density profiles of halide and alkali ions in aqueous clusters with
equimolar radius≲ 1.4 nm, which correspond to≲ 255 H2O molecules, have been …