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Wang E, Xiong Z, Chen Z, Xin Z, Ma H, Ren H, Wang B, Guo J, Sun Y, Wang X, Li C, Li X, Liu K. Water nanolayer facilitated solitary-wave-like blisters in MoS 2 thin films. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4324. [PMID: 37468474 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40020-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
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Solitary waves are unique in nonlinear systems, but their formation and propagation in the nonlinear fluid-structure interactions have yet to be further explored. As a typical nonlinear system, the buckling of solid thin films is fundamentally related to the film-substrate interface that is further vulnerable to environments, especially when fluids exist. In this work, we report an anomalous, solitary-wave-like blister (SWLB) mode of MoS2 thin films in a humid environment. Unlike the most common telephone-cord and web buckling deformation, the SWLB propagates forward like solitary waves that usually appear in fluids and exhibits three-dimensional expansions of the profiles during propagation. In situ mechanical, optical, and topology measurements verify the existence of an interfacial water nanolayer, which facilitates a delamination of films at the front side of the SWLB and a readhesion at the tail side owing to the water nanolayer-induced fluid-structure interaction. Furthermore, the expansion morphologies and process of the SWLB are predicted by our theoretical model based on the energy change of buckle propagation. Our work not only demonstrates the emerging SWLB mode in a solid material but also sheds light on the significance of interfacial water nanolayers to structural deformation and functional applications of thin films.
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- Enze Wang
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Centre for Advanced Mechanics and Materials, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Centre for Advanced Mechanics and Materials, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Centre for Advanced Mechanics and Materials, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Centre for Advanced Mechanics and Materials, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Koishi A, Lee SS, Fenter P, Fernandez-Martinez A, Bourg IC. Water Adsorption on Mica Surfaces with Hydrophilicity Tuned by Counterion Types (Na, K, and Cs) and Structural Fluorination. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2022; 126:16447-16460. [PMID: 37881644 PMCID: PMC10597534 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c04751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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The stability of adsorbed water films on mineral surfaces has far-reaching implications in the Earth, environmental, and materials sciences. Here, we use the basal plane of phlogopite mica, an atomically smooth surface of a natural mineral, to investigate water film structure and stability as a function of two features that modulate surface hydrophilicity: the type of adsorbed counterions (Na, K, and Cs) and the substitution of structural OH groups by F atoms. We use molecular dynamics simulations combined with in situ high-resolution X-ray reflectivity to examine surface hydration over a range of water loadings, from the adsorption of isolated water molecules to the formation of clusters and films. We identify four regimes characterized by distinct adsorption energetics and different sensitivities to cation type and mineral fluorination: from 0 to 0.5 monolayer film thickness, the hydration of adsorbed ions; from 0.5 to 1 monolayer, the hydration of uncharged regions of the siloxane surface; from 1 to 1.5 monolayer, the attachment of isolated water molecules on the surface of the first monolayer; and for >1.5 monolayer, the formation of an incipient electrical double layer at the mineral-water interface.
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- Ayumi Koishi
- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne
National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United
States
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- Chemical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne
National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United
States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
- High
Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Rana B, Fairhurst DJ, Jena KC. Investigation of Water Evaporation Process at Air/Water Interface using Hofmeister Ions. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:17832-17840. [PMID: 36131621 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Evaporation is an interfacial phenomenon in which a water molecule breaks the intermolecular hydrogen (H-) bonds and enters the vapor phase. However, a detailed demonstration of the role of interfacial water structure in the evaporation process is still lacking. Here, we purposefully perturb the H-bonding environment at the air/water interface by introducing kosmotropic (HPO4-2, SO4-2, and CO3-2) and chaotropic ions (NO3- and I-) to determine their influence on the evaporation process. Using time-resolved interferometry on aqueous salt droplets, we found that kosmotropes reduce evaporation, whereas chaotropes accelerate the evaporation process, following the Hofmeister series: HPO4-2 < SO4-2 < CO3-2 < Cl- < NO3- < I-. To extract deeper molecular-level insights into the observed Hofmeister trend in the evaporation rates, we investigated the air/water interface in the presence of ions using surface-specific sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. The SFG vibrational spectra reveal the significant impact of ions on the strength of the H-bonding environment and the orientation of free OH oscillators from ∼36.2 to 48.4° at the air/water interface, where both the effects follow the Hofmeister series. It is established that the slow evaporating water molecules experience a strong H-bonding environment with free OH oscillators tilted away from the surface normal in the presence of kosmotropes. In contrast, the fast evaporating water molecules experience a weak H-bonding environment with free OH oscillators tilted toward the surface normal in the presence of chaotropes at the air/water interface. Our experimental outcomes showcase the complex bonding environment of interfacial water molecules and their decisive role in the evaporation process.
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- Bhawna Rana
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Nottingham NG11 8NS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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Li X, Lin X, Li Y, Liu WT. Gate Alignment of Liquid Water Molecules in Electric Double Layer. Front Chem 2021; 9:717167. [PMID: 34485244 PMCID: PMC8416066 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.717167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The behavior of liquid water molecules near an electrified interface is important to many disciplines of science and engineering. In this study, we applied an external gate potential to the silica/water interface via an electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) junction to control the surface charging state. Without varying the ionic composition in water, the electrical gating allowed an efficient tuning of the interfacial charge density and field. Using the sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy, we found a drastic enhancement of interfacial OH vibrational signals at high potential in weakly acidic water, which exceeded that from conventional bulk-silica/water interfaces even in strong basic solutions. Analysis of the spectra indicated that it was due to the alignment of liquid water molecules through the electric double layer, where the screening was weak because of the low ion density. Such a combination of strong field and weak screening demonstrates the unique tuning capability of the EIS scheme, and would allow us to investigate a wealth of phenomena at charged oxide/water interfaces.
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- Xiaoqun Li
- Physics Department, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures [Ministry of Education (MOE)], Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Physics Department, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures [Ministry of Education (MOE)], Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Physics Department, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures [Ministry of Education (MOE)], Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Physics Department, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures [Ministry of Education (MOE)], Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Cheng W, Lindholm J, Holmboe M, Luong NT, Shchukarev A, Ilton ES, Hanna K, Boily JF. Nanoscale Hydration in Layered Manganese Oxides. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:666-674. [PMID: 33404244 PMCID: PMC7880569 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Birnessite is a layered MnO2 mineral capable of intercalating nanometric water films in its bulk. With its variable distributions of Mn oxidation states (MnIV, MnIII, and MnII), cationic vacancies, and interlayer cationic populations, birnessite plays key roles in catalysis, energy storage solutions, and environmental (geo)chemistry. We here report the molecular controls driving the nanoscale intercalation of water in potassium-exchanged birnessite nanoparticles. From microgravimetry, vibrational spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction, we find that birnessite intercalates no more than one monolayer of water per interlayer when exposed to water vapor at 25 °C, even near the dew point. Molecular dynamics showed that a single monolayer is an energetically favorable hydration state that consists of 1.33 water molecules per unit cell. This monolayer is stabilized by concerted potassium-water and direct water-birnessite interactions, and involves negligible water-water interactions. Using our composite adsorption-condensation-intercalation model, we predicted humidity-dependent water loadings in terms of water intercalated in the internal and adsorbed at external basal faces, the proportions of which vary with particle size. The model also accounts for additional populations condensed on and between particles. By describing the nanoscale hydration of birnessite, our work secures a path for understanding the water-driven catalytic chemistry that this important layered manganese oxide mineral can host in natural and technological settings.
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- Wei Cheng
- University
Rennes, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes,
CNRS, UMR 6226, 11 Allée
de Beaulieu, 35708 Rennes, France
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- Department
of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Physical
Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- University
Rennes, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes,
CNRS, UMR 6226, 11 Allée
de Beaulieu, 35708 Rennes, France
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Yalcin SE, Legg BA, Yeşilbaş M, Malvankar NS, Boily JF. Direct observation of anisotropic growth of water films on minerals driven by defects and surface tension. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaaz9708. [PMID: 32832658 PMCID: PMC7439304 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz9708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Knowledge of the occurrences of water films on minerals is critical for global biogeochemical and atmospheric processes, including element cycling and ice nucleation. The underlying mechanisms controlling water film growth are, however, misunderstood. Using infrared nanospectroscopy, amplitude-modulated atomic force microscopy, and molecular simulations, we show how water films grow from water vapor on hydrophilic mineral nanoparticles. We imaged films with up to four water layers that grow anisotropically over a single face. Growth usually begins from the near edges of a face where defects preferentially capture water vapor. Thicker films produced by condensation cooling completely engulf nanoparticles and form thicker menisci over defects. The high surface tension of water smooths film surfaces and produces films of inhomogeneous thickness. Nanoscale topography and film surface energy thereby control anisotropic distributions and thicknesses of water films on hydrophilic mineral nanoparticles.
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- Sibel Ebru Yalcin
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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Hou J, Sun G, Liu J, Gao X, Zhang X, Lu Z. Liquid/Vapor Interface of Dimethyl Carbonate-Methanol Binary Mixtures Investigated by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulation. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:4211-4221. [PMID: 32338908 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In the present work, the dimethyl carbonate (DMC)-methanol binary mixture was used as a benchmark system to study the molecular structures of the liquid/vapor interface of organic-organic mixtures by sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. It was discovered that both the methanol and DMC molecules are anisotropically oriented at the surface, yielding strong SFG-VS signals in the C-H stretching frequency range for both molecules. The detailed analyses of the spectroscopic and MD data reveal that the increase of the methanol bulk concentrations reduces the orientational order of the methyl groups for both the interfacial DMC and methanol molecules but does not significantly affect the orientations of the carbonyl group in DMC. Moreover, no obvious correlations were found between the room-temperature orientations of the surface molecules and the azeotropic mole fraction. The present work paves the road for future investigations on the molecular structures of the liquid/vapor interfaces of other organic-organic mixtures, especially those that are important in industrial separations.
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- Jian Hou
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Distillation Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Distillation Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Material Science and Technology, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Material Science and Technology, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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