Conspectus The dynamic behavior of liquids on surfaces is ubiquitous in nature and has
aroused wide attention from researchers. Among them, the superspreading surface has …

Water at interfaces plays essential roles in many natural phenomena and engineering
applications. However, the molecular behavior of interfacial water is still a matter of intense …

Water is more than an inert spectator during liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS), the
reversible compartmentalization of protein solutions into a protein-rich and a dilute phase …

Hydration free energies are dictated by a subtle balance of hydrophobic and hydrophilic
interactions. We present here a spectroscopic approach, which gives direct access to the …

Most electrochemical reactions require delivery of protons, often from water, to surface-
adsorbed species. However, water also acts as a competitor to many such processes by …

Understanding the wettability of graphene is important for various applications, such as
water desalination, energy storage, and catalysis. However, the detailed water hydrogen …

Abstract Infrared (IR)-visible (Vis) sum frequency generation (SFG) is a second-order
nonlinear optical process which is forbidden in centrosymmetric bulk media or isotropic …

In nature and many technological applications, aqueous solutions are in contact with
patterned surfaces, which are dynamic over time scales spanning from ps to μs. For …

We study the effect of sodium chloride (NaCl) on the properties of the interface of water and
the surfactant dodecyl sulfate (DS–) using heterodyne-detected vibrational sum-frequency …

Water molecules are orderly when stacked on a material surface in a liquid or under ambient
conditions. Such a hydration layer plays a crucial role in various chemical and biological …