Hierarchical materials from high information content macromolecular building blocks: construction, dynamic interventions, and prediction

L Shao, J Ma, JL Prelesnik, Y Zhou, M Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hierarchical materials that exhibit order over multiple length scales are ubiquitous in nature.
Because hierarchy gives rise to unique properties and functions, many have sought …

Dielectric exclusion, an éminence grise

V Freger - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Dielectric exclusion has long been well-established as the key mechanism in membrane
desalination, critical for delivering the required levels of salt rejection, also playing important …

Hydration layer structure modulates superlubrication by trivalent La3+ electrolytes

T Han, W Cao, Z Xu, V Adibnia, M Olgiati, M Valtiner… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Water-based lubricants provide lubrication of rubbing surfaces in many technical, biological,
and physiological applications. The structure of hydrated ion layers adsorbed on solid …

Why dissolving salt in water decreases its dielectric permittivity

C Zhang, S Yue, AZ Panagiotopoulos, ML Klein, X Wu - Physical review letters, 2023 - APS
The dielectric permittivity of salt water decreases on dissolving more salt. For nearly a
century, this phenomenon has been explained by invoking saturation in the dielectric …

Conductivity of concentrated electrolytes

Y Avni, RM Adar, D Andelman, H Orland - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
The conductivity of ionic solutions is arguably their most important trait, being widely used in
electrochemical, biochemical, and environmental applications. The Debye-Hückel-Onsager …

Scaling perspectives of underscreening in concentrated electrolyte solutions

SA Safran, PA Pincus - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a scaling view of underscreening observed in salt solutions in the range of
concentrations greater than about 1 M, in which the screening length increases with …

Extreme dependence of dynamics on concentration in highly crowded polyelectrolyte solutions

H Landfield, N Kalamaris, M Wang - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Charge-carrying species, such as polyelectrolytes, are vital to natural and synthetic
processes that rely on their dynamic behavior. Through single-particle tracking techniques …

Dielectric properties of water in charged nanopores

TR Underwood, IC Bourg - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, we examine the spectral dielectric properties of liquid water in charged
nanopores over a wide range of frequencies (0.3 GHz to 30 THz) and pore widths (0.3 to 5 …

Screening length for finite-size ions in concentrated electrolytes

RM Adar, SA Safran, H Diamant, D Andelman - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
The classical Debye-Hückel (DH) theory clearly accounts for the origin of screening in
electrolyte solutions and works rather well for dilute electrolyte solutions. While the Debye …

Exploration of the electrical double-layer structure: Influence of electrolyte components on the double-layer capacitance and potential of maximum entropy

RW Haid, X Ding, TK Sarpey, AS Bandarenka… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the electrical double-layer structure is of paramount importance for designing
efficient electrochemical energy conversion systems. Under this aspect, this short review …