Electric buzz in a glass of pure water

D Ben-Amotz - Science, 2022 - science.org
Water is far more than a collection of neutral H2O molecules, linked by hydrogen bonds, with
a trace of hydrogen (H+) and hydroxide (OH−) ions. Indeed, recent work has revealed that …

Principles and Design of Biphasic Self‐Stratifying Batteries Toward Next‐Generation Energy Storage

Z Wang, J Zhou, H Ji, J Liu, Y Zhou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale energy storage devices play pivotal roles in effectively harvesting and utilizing
green renewable energies (such as solar and wind energy) with capricious nature. Biphasic …

Photochemical diversification of strong C(sp3)–H bonds enabled by allyl bromide and sodium fluoride

Z Ye, Y Yu, YM Lin, Y Chen, S Song, L Gong - Nature Synthesis, 2023 - nature.com
The development of practical approaches for the selective functionalization of strong, neutral
C (sp 3)–H bonds, such as those in petroleum-derived hydrocarbons, is of general interest …

Salt Effect Engineering Single Fe‐N2P2‐Cl Sites on Interlinked Porous Carbon Nanosheets for Superior Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Zn‐Air Batteries

X Tan, J Zhang, F Cao, Y Liu, H Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Developing efficient metal‐nitrogen‐carbon (M‐N‐C) single‐atom catalysts for oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) is significant for the widespread implementation of Zn‐air batteries …

Lifting Hofmeister's Curse: Impact of Cations on Diffusion, Hydrogen Bonding, and Clustering of Water

M González-Jiménez, Z Liao, EL Williams… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Water plays a role in the stability, reactivity, and dynamics of the solutes that it contains. The
presence of ions alters this capacity by changing the dynamics and structure of water …

Ion-size dependent adsorption crossover on the surface of a water droplet

PK Wise, LV Slipchenko… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The adsorption of ionic and neutral spherical solutes on the surface of a liquid water droplet
are investigated using molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical analyses. The results …

Water's unusual thermodynamics in the realm of physical chemistry

CA Cerdeiriña - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
While it is known since the early work by Edsall, Frank and Evans, Kauzmann, and others
that the thermodynamics of solvation of nonpolar solutes in water is unusual and has …

Free-energy decomposition of salt effects on the solubilities of small molecules and the role of excluded-volume effects

S Hervø-Hansen, D Lin, K Kasahara… - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The roles of cations and anions are different in the perturbation on solvation, and thus, the
analyses of the separated contributions from cations and anions are useful to establish …

Protein is an intelligent Micelle

I Roterman, L Konieczny - Entropy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Interpreting biological phenomena at the molecular and cellular levels reveals the ways in
which information that is specific to living organisms is processed: from the genetic record …

Salting-out and Competitive Adsorption of Ethanol into Lipid Bilayer Membranes: Conflicting Effects of Salts on Ethanol–Membrane Interactions Studied by Molecular …

H Kitaoka, Y Yokoyama, T Sakka… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Small amphiphilic molecules, such as ethanol, disturb the structure of lipid bilayer
membranes to increase the membrane permeability, which is important for applications such …