Molecular reactions at aqueous interfaces

MF Ruiz-Lopez, JS Francisco… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
This Review aims to critically analyse the emerging field of chemical reactivity at aqueous
interfaces. The subject has evolved rapidly since the discovery of the so-called 'on-water …

Structure and dynamics of nanoconfined water and aqueous solutions

HR Corti, GA Appignanesi, MC Barbosa… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
This review is devoted to discussing recent progress on the structure, thermodynamic,
reactivity, and dynamics of water and aqueous systems confined within different types of …

Can electric fields drive chemistry for an aqueous microdroplet?

H Hao, I Leven, T Head-Gordon - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Reaction rates of common organic reactions have been reported to increase by one to six
orders of magnitude in aqueous microdroplets compared to bulk solution, but the reasons for …

Spontaneous reduction-induced degradation of viologen compounds in water microdroplets and its inhibition by host–guest complexation

C Gong, D Li, X Li, D Zhang, D Xing… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water serves as an inert environment for the dispersion and application of many kinds of
herbicides. Viologen compounds, a type of widely used but highly toxic herbicide, are stable …

On the formation of hydrogen peroxide in water microdroplets

A Gallo Jr, NH Musskopf, X Liu, Z Yang, J Petry… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent reports on the formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in water microdroplets
produced via pneumatic spraying or capillary condensation have garnered significant …

Electrification at water–hydrophobe interfaces

J Nauruzbayeva, Z Sun, A Gallo Jr, M Ibrahim… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The mechanisms leading to the electrification of water when it comes in contact with
hydrophobic surfaces remains a research frontier in chemical science. A clear …

A critical analysis of electrospray techniques for the determination of accelerated rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions in droplets

G Rovelli, MI Jacobs, MD Willis, RJ Rapf… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrospray and Electrosonic Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS and ESSI-MS)
have been widely used to report evidence that many chemical reactions in micro-and nano …

A kinetic description of how interfaces accelerate reactions in micro-compartments

KR Wilson, AM Prophet, G Rovelli, MD Willis… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A kinetic expression is derived to explain how interfaces alter bulk chemical equilibria and
accelerate reactions in micro-compartments. This description, aided by the development of a …

Strong electric field force at the air/water interface drives fast sulfate production in the atmosphere

Y Liu, Q Ge, T Wang, R Zhang, K Li, K Gong, L Xie… - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
How tiny aqueous aerosol droplets significantly accelerate the atmospheric multiphase
reaction remains an open question. Here, we show both experimental and theoretical …

Water–air interfaces as environments to address the water paradox in prebiotic chemistry: a physical chemistry perspective

AM Deal, RJ Rapf, V Vaida - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2021 - ACS Publications
The asymmetric water–air interface provides a dynamic aqueous environment with
properties that are often very different than bulk aqueous or gaseous phases and promotes …