Signatures of ion pairing and aggregation in the vibrational spectroscopy of super-concentrated aqueous lithium bistriflimide solutions

NHC Lewis, Y Zhang, B Dereka… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aqueous electrolytes in the super-concentrated regime, where water and ions are present in
a similar concentration, have recently drawn considerable interest for their potential …

Temperature dependence of non-condon effects in two-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy of water

R Malik, A Chandra, B Das… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Non-Condon effects in vibrational spectroscopy refers to the dependence of a molecule's
vibrational transition dipole and polarizability on the coordinates of the surrounding …

Imaging temperature and thickness of thin planar liquid water jets in vacuum

T Buttersack, H Haak, H Bluhm, U Hergenhahn… - Structural …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We present spatially resolved measurements of the temperature of a flat liquid water microjet
for varying ambient pressures, from vacuum to 100% relative humidity. The entire jet surface …

Frustrated Coulombic and cation size effects on nanoscale boehmite aggregation: A tumbler small-and ultra-small-angle neutron scattering study

LM Anovitz, P Huestis, N Rampal… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To better understand the effects of solution chemistry on particle aggregation in the complex
legacy tank wastes at the Hanford (WA) and Savannah River (SC) sites, we have performed …

Polyelectrolytes induce water-water correlations that result in dramatic viscosity changes and nuclear quantum effects

J Dedic, HI Okur, S Roke - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
Ions interact with water via short-ranged ion-dipole interactions. Recently, an additional
unexpected long-ranged interaction was found: The total electric field of ions influences …

Three-Dimensional Confinement of Water: H2O Exhibits Long-Range (>50 nm) Structure while D2O Does Not

N Dupertuis, OB Tarun, C Lutgebaucks, S Roke - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water is the liquid of life thanks to its three-dimensional adaptive hydrogen (H)-bond
network. Confinement of this network may lead to dramatic structural changes influencing …

Hyaluronan orders water molecules in its nanoscale extended hydration shells

J Dedic, HI Okur, S Roke - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
Hyaluronan (HA) is an anionic, highly hydrated bio-polyelectrolyte found in the extracellular
environment, like the synovial fluid between joints. We explore the extended hydration shell …

Diffusion and viscosity of unentangled polyelectrolytes

CG Lopez, J Linders, C Mayer, W Richtering - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report chain self-diffusion and viscosity data for sodium polystyrene sulfonate (NaPSS)
in semidilute salt-free aqueous solutions measured by pulsed-field gradient NMR and …

Long-range orientational organization of dipolar and steric liquids

J Duboisset, F Rondepierre… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Long-range orientational correlations in liquids have received recent renewed interest, in
particular for the neat water case. These long-range orientational correlations, exceeding …

Liquid water: when hyperpolarizability fluctuations boost and reshape the second harmonic scattering intensities

G Le Breton, O Bonhomme, E Benichou… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Second harmonic scattering (SHS) is a method of choice to investigate the molecular
structure of liquids. While a clear interpretation of SHS intensity exists for diluted solutions of …