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Kim J, Rotenberg B. Donnan equilibrium in charged slit-pores from a hybrid nonequilibrium molecular dynamics/Monte Carlo method with ions and solvent exchange. J Chem Phys 2024; 161:054107. [PMID: 39087531 DOI: 10.1063/5.0220913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/14/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024] Open
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Ion partitioning between different compartments (e.g., a porous material and a bulk solution reservoir), known as Donnan equilibrium, plays a fundamental role in various contexts such as energy, environment, or water treatment. The linearized Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation, capturing the thermal motion of the ions with mean-field electrostatic interactions, is practically useful to understand and predict ion partitioning, despite its limited applicability to conditions of low salt concentrations and surface charge densities. Here, we investigate the Donnan equilibrium of coarse-grained dilute electrolytes confined in charged slit-pores in equilibrium with a reservoir of ions and solvent. We introduce and use an extension to confined systems of a recently developed hybrid nonequilibrium molecular dynamics/grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation method ("H4D"), which enhances the efficiency of solvent and ion-pair exchange via a fourth spatial dimension. We show that the validity range of linearized PB theory to predict the Donnan equilibrium of dilute electrolytes can be extended to highly charged pores by simply considering renormalized surface charge densities. We compare with simulations of implicit solvent models of electrolytes and show that in the low salt concentrations and thin electric double layer limit considered here, an explicit solvent has a limited effect on the Donnan equilibrium and that the main limitations of the analytical predictions are not due to the breakdown of the mean-field description but rather to the charge renormalization approximation, because it only focuses on the behavior far from the surfaces.
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- Jeongmin Kim
- Department of Energy Engineering, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), Naju 58330, Republic of Korea
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Physico-chimie des Électrolytes et Nanosystèmes Interfaciaux, PHENIX, F-75005 Paris, France
- Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), FR CNRS 3459, 80039 Amiens Cedex, France
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Lagoin M, Piednoir A, Fulcrand R, Bérut A. Effects of salinity on the flow of dense colloidal suspensions. SOFT MATTER 2024; 20:3367-3375. [PMID: 38563359 DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00035h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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We experimentally study the effects of salt concentration on the flowing dynamics of dense suspensions of micrometer-sized silica particles in microfluidic drums. In pure water, the particles are fully sedimented under their own weight, but do not touch each other due to their negative surface charges, which results in a "frictionless" dense colloidal suspension. When the pile is inclined above a critical angle θc ∼ 5° a fast avalanche occurs, similar to what is expected for classical athermal granular media. When inclined below this angle, the pile slowly creeps until it reaches flatness. Adding ions in solution screens the repulsive forces between particles, and the flowing properties of the suspension are modified. We observe significant changes in the fast avalanche regime: a time delay appears before the onset of the avalanche and increases with the salt concentration, the whole dynamics becomes slower, and the critical angle θc increases from ∼5° to ∼20°. In contrast, the slow creep regime does not seem to be heavily modified. These behaviors can be explained by considering an increase in both the initial packing fraction of the suspension Φ0, and the effective friction between the particles μp. These observations are confirmed by confocal microscopy measurements to estimate the initial packing fraction of the suspensions, and AFM measurements to quantify the particles surface roughness and the repulsion forces, as a function of the ionic strength of the suspensions.
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- Marc Lagoin
- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France.
- ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique, UMR5672, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France.
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Tan J, Wang M, Zhang J, Ye S. Determination of the Thickness of Interfacial Water by Time-Resolved Sum-Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:18573-18580. [PMID: 38051545 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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The physics and chemistry of a charged interface are governed by the structure of the electrical double layer (EDL). Determination of the interfacial water thickness (diw) of the charged interface is crucial to quantitatively describe the EDL structure, but it can be utilized with very scarce experimental methods. Here, we propose and verify that the vibrational relaxation time (T1) of the OH stretching mode at 3200 cm-1, obtained by time-resolved sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy with ssp polarizations, provides an effective tool to determine diw. By investigating the T1 values at the SiO2/NaCl solution interface, we established a time-space (T1-diw) relationship. We find that water has a T1 lifetime of ≥0.5 ps for diw ≤ 3 Å, while it displays bulk-like dynamics with T1 ≤ 0.2 ps for diw ≥ 9 Å. T1 decreases as diw increases from ∼3 Å to 9 Å. The hydration water at the DPPG lipid bilayer and LK15β protein interfaces has a thickness of ≥9 Å and shows a bulk-like feature. The time-space relationship will provide a novel tool to pattern the interfacial topography and heterogeneity in Ångstrom-depth resolution by imaging the T1 values.
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- Junjun Tan
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230088, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230088, China
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Ouadfel M, De San Féliciano M, Herrero C, Merabia S, Joly L. Complex coupling between surface charge and thermo-osmotic phenomena. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:24321-24331. [PMID: 37668541 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03083k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Thermo-osmotic flows, generated at liquid-solid interfaces by thermal gradients, can be used to produce electric currents from waste heat on charged surfaces. The two key parameters controlling the thermo-osmotic current are the surface charge and the interfacial enthalpy excess due to liquid-solid interactions. While it has been shown that the contribution from water to the enthalpy excess can be crucial, how this contribution is affected by surface charge remained to be understood. Here, we start by discussing how thermo-osmotic flows and induced electric currents are related to the interfacial enthalpy excess. We then use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the impact of surface charge on the interfacial enthalpy excess, for different distributions of the surface charge, and two different wetting conditions. We observe that surface charge has a strong impact on enthalpy excess, and that the dependence of enthalpy excess on surface charge depends largely on its spatial distribution. In contrast, wetting has a very small impact on the charge-enthalpy coupling. We rationalize the results with simple analytical models, and explore their consequences for thermo-osmotic phenomena. Overall, this work provides guidelines to search for systems providing optimal waste heat recovery performance.
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- Mehdi Ouadfel
- Univ Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Univ Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Univ Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Univ Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Univ Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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Perez Ocampo L, Jardat M, Dahirel V. Confined Electrolytes Show Bulk Dynamics Modulated by Hydrodynamic Couplings with the Walls. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:4309-4317. [PMID: 37141568 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We use numerical simulations at the mesoscopic scale, namely, multiparticle collision dynamics (MPCD), to investigate the properties of electrolyte solutions in a charged slit pore. The solution is described within the primitive model of electrolytes, where ions are charged hard spheres embedded in a dielectric medium. Hydrodynamic couplings between ions and with the charged walls are precisely accounted for by the MPCD algorithm. We show that the dynamic properties of ions in this situation strongly differ from the behavior at infinite dilution (ideal case), contrary to what is usually assumed in the usual Poisson-Nernst-Planck description of this kind of systems. As a consequence of confinement, the diffusion coefficients of ions unexpectedly increase with the average ionic density in the systems. This is due to a decrease of the proportion of ions that are slowed down by the wall. Moreover, nonequilibrium simulations are used to estimate the electrical conductivity of these confined electrolytes. We show that the simulation results can be accounted for quantitatively by combining bulk descriptions of the electrical conductivity of electrolytes with a simple description of the hydrodynamics of ions in a slit pore.
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- Lisbeth Perez Ocampo
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Physico-Chimie des Électrolytes et Nano-Systèmes Interfaciaux, PHENIX, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Physico-Chimie des Électrolytes et Nano-Systèmes Interfaciaux, PHENIX, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Physico-Chimie des Électrolytes et Nano-Systèmes Interfaciaux, PHENIX, F-75005 Paris, France
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Le Breton G, Bonhomme O, Benichou E, Loison C. First Hyperpolarizability of Water in Bulk Liquid Phase: Long-Range Electrostatic Effects Included via the Second Hyperpolarizability. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:19463-19472. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00803c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The molecular first hyperpolarizability β contributes to second-order optical non-linear signals collected from molecular liquids. For the Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) response, the first hyperpolarizability β (2ω,ω,ω) often depends on...
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Rojano AE, Córdoba A, Walther JH, Zambrano HA. Effect of charge inversion on nanoconfined flow of multivalent ionic solutions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:4935-4943. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02102h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A comprehensive understanding of fluid dynamics of dilute electrolyte solutions in nanoconfinement is essential to develop more efficient nanofluidic devices. In nanoconduits, the electrical double layer can occupy a considerable...
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Le Breton G, Bonhomme O, Brevet PF, Benichou E, Loison C. First hyperpolarizability of water at the air-vapor interface: a QM/MM study questions standard experimental approximations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:24932-24941. [PMID: 34726679 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02258j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Surface Second-Harmonic Generation (S-SHG) experiments provide a unique approach to probe interfaces. One important issue for S-SHG is how to interpret the S-SHG intensities at the molecular level. Established frameworks commonly assume that each molecule emits light according to an average molecular hyperpolarizability tensor β(-2ω,ω,ω). However, for water molecules, this first hyperpolarizability is known to be extremely sensitive to their environment. We have investigated the molecular first hyperpolarizability of water molecules within the liquid-vapor interface, using a quantum description with explicit, inhomogeneous electrostatic embedding. The resulting average molecular first hyperpolarizability tensor depends on the distance relative to the interface, and it practically respects the Kleinman symmetry everywhere in the liquid. Within this numerical approach, based on the dipolar approximation, the water layer contributing to the Surface Second Harmonic Generation (S-SHG) intensity is less than a nanometer. The results reported here question standard interpretations based on a single, averaged hyperpolarizability for all molecules at the interface. Not only the molecular first hyperpolarizability tensor significantly depends on the distance relative to the interface, but it is also correlated to the molecular orientation. Such hyperpolarizability fluctuations may impact the S-SHG intensity emitted by an aqueous interface.
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- Guillaume Le Breton
- University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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- University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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- University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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- University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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- University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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Joly L, Meißner RH, Iannuzzi M, Tocci G. Osmotic Transport at the Aqueous Graphene and hBN Interfaces: Scaling Laws from a Unified, First-Principles Description. ACS NANO 2021; 15:15249-15258. [PMID: 34491721 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c05931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Osmotic transport in nanoconfined aqueous electrolytes provides alternative venues for water desalination and "blue energy" harvesting. The osmotic response of nanofluidic systems is controlled by the interfacial structure of water and electrolyte solutions in the so-called electrical double layer (EDL), but a molecular-level picture of the EDL is to a large extent still lacking. Particularly, the role of the electronic structure has not been considered in the description of electrolyte/surface interactions. Here, we report enhanced sampling simulations based on ab initio molecular dynamics, aiming at unravelling the free energy of prototypical ions adsorbed at the aqueous graphene and hBN interfaces, and its consequences on nanofluidic osmotic transport. Specifically, we predicted the zeta potential, the diffusio-osmotic mobility, and the diffusio-osmotic conductivity for a wide range of salt concentrations from the ab initio water and ion spatial distributions through an analytical framework based on Stokes equation and a modified Poisson-Boltzmann equation. We observed concentration-dependent scaling laws, together with dramatic differences in osmotic transport between the two interfaces, including diffusio-osmotic flow and current reversal on hBN but not on graphene. We could rationalize the results for the three osmotic responses with a simple model based on characteristic length scales for ion and water adsorption at the surface, which are quite different on graphene and on hBN. Our work provides fundamental insights into the structure and osmotic transport of aqueous electrolytes on 2D materials and explores alternative pathways for efficient water desalination and osmotic energy conversion.
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- Laurent Joly
- Univ Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 1 rue Descartes, 75005 Paris, France
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- Hamburg University of Technology, Insitute of Polymers and Composites, Hamburg 21073, Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Surface Science, Geesthacht 21502, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Marion S, Vučemilović-Alagić N, Špadina M, Radenović A, Smith AS. From Water Solutions to Ionic Liquids with Solid State Nanopores as a Perspective to Study Transport and Translocation Phenomena. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100777. [PMID: 33955694 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Solid state nanopores are single-molecular devices governed by nanoscale physics with a broad potential for technological applications. However, the control of translocation speed in these systems is still limited. Ionic liquids are molten salts which are commonly used as alternate solvents enabling the regulation of the chemical and physical interactions on solid-liquid interfaces. While their combination can be challenging to the understanding of nanoscopic processes, there has been limited attempts on bringing these two together. While summarizing the state of the art and open questions in these fields, several major advances are presented with a perspective on the next steps in the investigations of ionic-liquid filled nanopores, both from a theoretical and experimental standpoint. By analogy to aqueous solutions, it is argued that ionic liquids and nanopores can be combined to provide new nanofluidic functionalities, as well as to help resolve some of the pertinent problems in understanding transport phenomena in confined ionic liquids and providing better control of the speed of translocating analytes.
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- Sanjin Marion
- Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology, Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, EPFL, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Group for Computational Life Sciences, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division of Physical Chemistry, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
- PULS Group, Physics Department, Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Films, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Group for Computational Life Sciences, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division of Physical Chemistry, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology, Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, EPFL, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Group for Computational Life Sciences, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division of Physical Chemistry, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
- PULS Group, Physics Department, Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Films, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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Döpke MF, Hartkamp R. The importance of specifically adsorbed ions for electrokinetic phenomena: Bridging the gap between experiments and MD simulations. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:094701. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0038161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Max F. Döpke
- Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
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Peng M, Duignan TT, Nguyen CV, Nguyen AV. From Surface Tension to Molecular Distribution: Modeling Surfactant Adsorption at the Air-Water Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:2237-2255. [PMID: 33559472 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Surfactants are centrally important in many scientific and engineering fields and are used for many purposes such as foaming agents and detergents. However, many challenges remain in providing a comprehensive understanding of their behavior. Here, we provide a brief historical overview of the study of surfactant adsorption at the air-water interface, followed by a discussion of some recent advances in this area from our group. The main focus is on incorporating an accurate description of the adsorption layer thickness of surfactant at the air-water interface. Surfactants have a wide distribution at the air-water interface, which can have a significant effect on important properties such as the surface excess, surface tension, and surface potential. We have developed a modified Poisson-Boltzmann (MPB) model to describe this effect, which we outline here. We also address the remaining challenges and future research directions in this area. We believe that experimental techniques, modeling, and simulation should be combined to form a holistic picture of surfactant adsorption at the air-water interface.
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- Mengsu Peng
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Valadez Huerta G, Raabe G. Genetic Parameterization of Interfacial Force Fields Based on Classical Bulk Force Fields and Ab Initio Data: Application to the Methanol-ZnO Interfaces. J Chem Inf Model 2020; 60:6033-6043. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c01093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Gerardo Valadez Huerta
- Institut für Thermodynamik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hans-Sommer-Straße 5, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut für Thermodynamik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hans-Sommer-Straße 5, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Sayer T, Cox SJ. Macroscopic surface charges from microscopic simulations. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:164709. [PMID: 33138409 DOI: 10.1063/5.0022596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Attaining accurate average structural properties in a molecular simulation should be considered a prerequisite if one aims to elicit meaningful insights into a system's behavior. For charged surfaces in contact with an electrolyte solution, an obvious example is the density profile of ions along the direction normal to the surface. Here, we demonstrate that, in the slab geometry typically used in simulations, imposing an electric displacement field D determines the integrated surface charge density of adsorbed ions at charged interfaces. This allows us to obtain macroscopic surface charge densities irrespective of the slab thickness used in our simulations. We also show that the commonly used Yeh-Berkowitz method and the "mirrored slab" geometry both impose vanishing integrated surface charge densities. We present results both for relatively simple rocksalt (1 1 1) interfaces and the more complex case of kaolinite's basal faces in contact with an aqueous electrolyte solution.
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- Thomas Sayer
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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Patra CN. Size and charge correlations in spherical electric double layers: a case study with fully asymmetric mixed electrolytes within the solvent primitive model. RSC Adv 2020; 10:39017-39025. [PMID: 35518397 PMCID: PMC9057371 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra06145j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Size and charge correlations in spherical electric double layers are investigated through Monte Carlo simulations and density functional theory, through a solvent primitive model representation. A fully asymmetric mixed electrolyte is used for the small ions, whereas the solvent, apart from being a continuum dielectric, is also treated as an individual component. A partially perturbative density functional theory is adopted here, and for comparison, a standard canonical ensemble Monte Carlo simulation is used. The hard-sphere free energy is treated within a weighted density approach and the residual ionic contribution is estimated through perturbation around the uniform density. The results from both methods corroborate each other quantitatively over a wide range of physical parameters. The importance of structural correlations is envisaged through the size and charge asymmetry of the supporting electrolytes that includes the solvent as a component. Size and charge correlations in spherical electric double layers are investigated through Monte Carlo simulations and density functional theory, through a solvent primitive model representation.![]()
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- Chandra N Patra
- Theoretical Chemistry Section, Chemistry Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai 400 085 India
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Badizad MH, Koleini MM, Hartkamp R, Ayatollahi S, Ghazanfari MH. How do ions contribute to brine-hydrophobic hydrocarbon Interfaces? An in silico study. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 575:337-346. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.04.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Quadre AB, de Carvalho SJ, Bossa GV. How charge regulation and ion-surface affinity affect the differential capacitance of an electrical double layer. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:18229-18238. [PMID: 32776041 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02360d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The differential capacitance of an electrical double layer is a topic of great importance to develop more efficient and environment-friendly energy storage devices: electric double layer supercapacitors. In addition to the bare electrostatic interactions, recent experimental and computational studies suggest that electrodes covered by ionizable groups do interact selectively with specific ion types, an effect that can increase the maximal conductivity and voltage of a supercapacitor. Inspired by this, in the present work we investigate how ion-specific non-electrostatic interactions modify the differential capacitance of a flat electrode whose surface is covered by ionizable groups subject to a charge regulation process. The incorporation of hydration interactions by means of ion-specific Yukawa potential into the Poisson-Boltzmann theory allows our model to describe different scenarios of ion-surface affinity and, hence, the selective depletion or accumulation of specific ion types close to a charged surface. We obtained larger capacitance values when considering electrodes that favor the accumulation of cations and the depletion of anions.
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- Amanda B Quadre
- Department of Physics, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000, Brazil.
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- Department of Physics, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000, Brazil.
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- Department of Physics, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000, Brazil.
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Ravnik M, Everts JC. Topological-Defect-Induced Surface Charge Heterogeneities in Nematic Electrolytes. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:037801. [PMID: 32745396 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.037801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We show that topological defects in an ion-doped nematic liquid crystal can be used to manipulate the surface charge distribution on chemically homogeneous, charge-regulating external surfaces, using a minimal theoretical model. In particular, the location and type of the defect encodes the precise distribution of surface charges and the effect is enhanced when the liquid crystal is flexoelectric. We demonstrate the principle for patterned surfaces and charged colloidal spheres. More generally, our results indicate an interesting approach to control surface charges on external surfaces without changing the surface chemistry.
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- Miha Ravnik
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Helseth LE. Influence of Salt Concentration on Charge Transfer When a Water Front Moves across a Junction between a Hydrophobic Dielectric and a Metal Electrode. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:8002-8008. [PMID: 32559100 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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An energy-harvesting device based on water moving across the junction between a hydrophobic dielectric and a metal electrode is demonstrated. The charge transfer due to contact electrification as the junction is dipped vertically into water is investigated. Experiments combined with finite element simulations reveal how the electrode voltage changes during the dipping process. Moreover, the charge transfer observed for a range of salt concentrations is studied, and it is found that there exists an optimal salt concentration which allows maximum charge transfer. It is suggested that these results can be understood because of the additional charge removal from the diffuse electrical double layer at the hydrophobic surface. It is demonstrated that by tuning the salt concentration, one can harvest more than 3 times the electrical power as compared with pure water.
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- L E Helseth
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 55, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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Xie Y, Fu L, Niehaus T, Joly L. Liquid-Solid Slip on Charged Walls: The Dramatic Impact of Charge Distribution. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:014501. [PMID: 32678629 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.014501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Nanofluidic systems show great promise for applications in energy conversion, where their performance can be enhanced by nanoscale liquid-solid slip. However, efficiency is also controlled by surface charge, which is known to reduce slip. Combining molecular dynamics simulations and analytical developments, we show the dramatic impact of surface charge distribution on the slip-charge coupling. Homogeneously charged graphene exhibits a very favorable slip-charge relation (rationalized with a new theoretical model correcting some weaknesses of the existing ones), leading to giant electrokinetic energy conversion. In contrast, slip is strongly affected on heterogeneously charged surfaces, due to the viscous drag induced by counterions trapped on the surface. In that case slip should depend on the detailed physical chemistry of the interface controlling the fraction of bound ions. Our numerical results and theoretical models provide new fundamental insight into the molecular mechanisms of liquid-solid slip, and practical guidelines for searching new functional interfaces with optimal energy conversion properties, e.g., for blue energy or waste heat harvesting.
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- Yanbo Xie
- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, 710072, China
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- Univ Lyon, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes, UMR 5513, 36 avenue Guy de Collongue, 69134 Ecully Cedex, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 1 rue Descartes, 75005 Paris, France
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Determination of surface protonation-deprotonation behavior, surface charge, and total surface site concentration for natural, pillared and porous nano bentonite heterostructure. J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.127570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Peng M, Duignan TT, Zhao XS, Nguyen AV. Surface Potential Explained: A Surfactant Adsorption Model Incorporating Realistic Layer Thickness. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:3195-3205. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c00278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Mengsu Peng
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Peng M, Nguyen AV. Adsorption of ionic surfactants at the air-water interface: The gap between theory and experiment. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 275:102052. [PMID: 31753297 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.102052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We review the experimental and theoretical results for the adsorption and structure of ionic surfactants at the air-liquid interface. The results show that ionic surfactants form thick adsorption layers at the interfacial region. We also review several adsorption models for ionic surfactants, which become increasingly complex as they capture the many features of adsorption layers. However, the adsorption layer structures determined by experiments and the structures predicted by models do not match because most models assume very thin adsorption layers. We show the discrepancies between measured and predicted surface properties and provide several explanations. We conclude that the mismatch in the adsorption layer structure provided by experiments and the structure provided by adsorption models is the main reason for the discrepancies in the surface excess and the surface potential.
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Boinovich LB. Boundary layers and surface forces in pure nonaqueous liquids. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2019.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Fu L, Joly L, Merabia S. Giant Thermoelectric Response of Nanofluidic Systems Driven by Water Excess Enthalpy. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:138001. [PMID: 31697539 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.138001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nanofluidic systems could in principle be used to produce electricity from waste heat, but current theoretical descriptions predict a rather poor performance as compared to thermoelectric solid materials. Here we investigate the thermoelectric response of NaCl and NaI solutions confined between charged walls, using molecular dynamics simulations. We compute a giant thermoelectric response, 2 orders of magnitude larger than the predictions of standard models. We show that water excess enthalpy-neglected in the standard picture-plays a dominant role in combination with the electro-osmotic mobility of the liquid-solid interface. Accordingly, the thermoelectric response can be boosted using surfaces with large hydrodynamic slip. Overall, the heat harvesting performance of the model systems considered here is comparable to that of the best thermoelectric materials, and the fundamental insight provided by molecular dynamics suggests guidelines to further optimize the performance, opening the way to recycle waste heat using nanofluidic devices.
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- Li Fu
- Univ Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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Combined surface analysis methods. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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