How cations affect the electric double layer and the rates and selectivity of electrocatalytic processes

MM Waegele, CM Gunathunge, J Li, X Li - The Journal of chemical …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Electrocatalysis is central to the production of renewable fuels and high-value commodity
chemicals. The electrolyte and the electrode together determine the catalytic properties of …

Aqueous charge injection: solvation bonding dynamics, molecular nonbond interactions, and extraordinary solute capabilities

CQ Sun - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Aqueous charge injection in forms of electrons, protons, lone pairs, ions, and molecular
dipoles by solvation is ubiquitously important to our health and life. Pursuing fine-resolution …

The role of water in amyloid aggregation kinetics

AD Stephens, GSK Schierle - Current opinion in structural biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Water and protein mobility are inextricably linked and therefore water itself plays
an essential role in protein function.•IDPs have a larger solvent accessible area compared to …

Decreased water mobility contributes to increased α‐synuclein aggregation

AD Stephens, J Kölbel, R Moons… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The solvation shell is essential for the folding and function of proteins, but how it contributes
to protein misfolding and aggregation has still to be elucidated. We show that the mobility of …

Unraveling Water-Based Lubrication with Carbon Dots of Asphaltene Origin

OU Akakuru, L Martin-Alarcon, S Bryant… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Despite the lower toxicity of water-based lubricants over nonrenewable petroleum-based
analogues, they face challenges in achieving widespread adoption due to low stability and …

Dynamic properties of aqueous electrolyte solutions from non-polarisable, polarisable, and scaled-charge models

S Yue, AZ Panagiotopoulos - Molecular Physics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We investigated the dynamic properties of alkali halide solutions (NaCl, NaF, NaBr, NaI,
LiCl, and KCl) using molecular dynamics simulations and several non-polarisable …

Iron (III) speciation observed at aqueous and glycerol surfaces: vibrational sum frequency and X-ray

L Lin, J Husek, S Biswas, SM Baumler… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Aqueous solutions of FeCl3 have been widely studied to shed light on a number of
processes from dissolution, mineralization, biology, electrocatalysis, corrosion, to microbial …

Cation effects on interfacial water structure and hydrogen peroxide reduction on Pt (111)

V Briega-Martos, FJ Sarabia, V Climent… - ACS Measurement …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The interface between the Pt (111) surface and several MeF/HClO4 (Me+= Li+, Na+, or Cs+)
aqueous electrolytes is investigated by means of cyclic voltammetry and laser-induced …

Hydrogen‐Bond Structure and Low‐Frequency Dynamics of Electrolyte Solutions: Hydration Numbers from ab Initio Water Reorientation Dynamics and Dielectric …

S Kim, X Wang, J Jang, K Eom, SL Clegg… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present an atomistic simulation scheme for the determination of the hydration number (h)
of aqueous electrolyte solutions based on the calculation of the water dipole reorientation …

[HTML][HTML] Interfacial layers between ion and water detected by terahertz spectroscopy

AK Singh, LC Doan, D Lou, C Wen… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Dynamic fluctuations in the hydrogen-bond network of water occur from femto-to
nanosecond timescales and provide insight into the structural/dynamical aspects of water at …