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Chialvo AA. On the Elusive Links between Solution Microstructure, Dynamics, and Solvation Thermodynamics: Demystifying the Path through a Bridge over Troubled Conjectures and Misinterpretations. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:10792-10813. [PMID: 38060479 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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We build a fundamentally based bridge between the solute-induced microstructural perturbation of the species environment and the dynamic as well as thermodynamic responses of the fluid system, regardless of the state conditions, composition, nature of the solvent, and either the magnitude or the type of solute-solvent intermolecular-interaction asymmetries. For that purpose, we advance a fluctuation-based solvation formalism of fluid mixtures to provide meaningful descriptors of solvation phenomena, the microstructural signatures of their solute-solvent intermolecular interaction asymmetry, and the thermodynamic manifestations linked to the solution nonideality. The rigorous foundations afford us to address some crucial issues frequently invoked in the literature including the microstructural perturbation domain, its proper identification and molecular-based meaning toward the interpretation of the solvation process, and the potential impact of the local differential behavior between anions and cations on the actual salt-induced perturbation of the solvent microstructure. Indeed, we link the precisely characterized species solvation behavior to fundamental thermodynamic residual-property relations, and the dynamics associated with either the viscous flow or diffusive behavior of the solvent, to finally illustrate their outcome with experimental data of aqueous electrolyte solutions from the available literature. Ultimately, this effort provides a highly desirable unambiguous identification of the cause-effect connections between the microstructurally perturbed domains and the experimentally measured macroscopic solvation properties, including their effect on the dynamics of the solvent environment. More importantly, it lends a well-established solvation framework to bridge rigorously the microstructural details of the mixture, its dynamics, and its solvation thermodynamics to enhance our understanding of well-defined ranked Hofmeister series, i.e., by avoiding ad hoc conjectures and unsupported microscopic interpretations of solvation phenomena.
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- Ariel A Chialvo
- Retired Scientist, Knoxville, Tennessee 37922-3108, United States
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Yamaguchi T, Higa S, Yoshida K, Sumitani K, Kurisaki T. Structure of Aqueous Scandium(III) Nitrate Solution by Large-Angle X-ray Scattering Combined with Empirical Potential Refinement Modeling, X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, and Discrete Variational Xα Calculations. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2022. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20220007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Toshio Yamaguchi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- The Kyushu Synchrotron Light Research Center, 8-7 Yayoigaoka, Tosu 841-0005, Japan
- (Present address) JAPAN Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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Terban MW, Billinge SJL. Structural Analysis of Molecular Materials Using the Pair Distribution Function. Chem Rev 2022; 122:1208-1272. [PMID: 34788012 PMCID: PMC8759070 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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This is a review of atomic pair distribution function (PDF) analysis as applied to the study of molecular materials. The PDF method is a powerful approach to study short- and intermediate-range order in materials on the nanoscale. It may be obtained from total scattering measurements using X-rays, neutrons, or electrons, and it provides structural details when defects, disorder, or structural ambiguities obscure their elucidation directly in reciprocal space. While its uses in the study of inorganic crystals, glasses, and nanomaterials have been recently highlighted, significant progress has also been made in its application to molecular materials such as carbons, pharmaceuticals, polymers, liquids, coordination compounds, composites, and more. Here, an overview of applications toward a wide variety of molecular compounds (organic and inorganic) and systems with molecular components is presented. We then present pedagogical descriptions and tips for further implementation. Successful utilization of the method requires an interdisciplinary consolidation of material preparation, high quality scattering experimentation, data processing, model formulation, and attentive scrutiny of the results. It is hoped that this article will provide a useful reference to practitioners for PDF applications in a wide realm of molecular sciences, and help new practitioners to get started with this technique.
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- Maxwell W. Terban
- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department
of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Condensed
Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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Reynolds JG. A method to apply Zavitsas' aqueous electrolyte model to multicomponent solutions and its equivalence to Zdanovskii's rule. AIChE J 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The importance of ion interactions on electrolyte solution viscosities determined by comparing concentrated sodium carbonate and nitrate solutions. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sun P, Huang K, Liu H. The nature of salt effect in enhancing the extraction of rare earths by non-functional ionic liquids: Synergism of salt anion complexation and Hofmeister bias. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 539:214-222. [PMID: 30580177 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.12.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Separation and recycling of rare-earths using ionic liquids as extractant are becoming a promising approach to replace traditional volatile organic solvents in recent years. Generally, the addition of some special salts could improve the extraction efficiency of rare-earths by numerous non-functional ionic liquids. However, knowledge behind the nature of the salt effect is limited. Here, we found that the enhancement in the extraction of rare-earth ions, Pr3+ ions, using non-functional ionic liquid, [A336][NO3] (Tricaprylmethylammonium nitrate) was driven by the synergism of Hofmeister bias and complexation behaviors of salt anions with Pr3+ ions. Molecular dynamic simulations offered a new insight into the interaction mechanism of the ionic liquid with Pr3+ ions at liquid/liquid interface. It was revealed that salt anions could perform as a bridge to connect Pr3+ ions and the ionic liquid, so that promoted the extraction of Pr3+ ions. Therefore, the strong complexation ability of salt anions with Pr3+ ions and poor hydration of salt anions faciliated the transport of Pr3+ ions across liquid/liquid interface.
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- Pan Sun
- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China; CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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Lewis NHC, Fournier JA, Carpenter WB, Tokmakoff A. Direct Observation of Ion Pairing in Aqueous Nitric Acid Using 2D Infrared Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2018; 123:225-238. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b10019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Nicholas H. C. Lewis
- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Sun P, Huang K, Song W, Gao Z, Liu H. Separation of Rare Earths from the Transition Metals Using a Novel Ionic-Liquid-Based Aqueous Two-Phase System: Toward Green and Efficient Recycling of Rare Earths from the NdFeB Magnets. Ind Eng Chem Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Pan Sun
- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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Wang HW, Vlcek L, Neuefeind JC, Page K, Irle S, Simonson JM, Stack AG. Decoding Oxyanion Aqueous Solvation Structure: A Potassium Nitrate Example at Saturation. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:7584-7589. [PMID: 29991255 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b05895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The ability to probe the structure of a salt solution at the atomic scale is fundamentally important for our understanding of many chemical reactions and their mechanisms. The capability of neutron diffraction to "see" hydrogen (or deuterium) and other light isotopes is exceptional for resolving the structural complexity around the dissolved solutes in aqueous electrolytes. We have made measurements using oxygen isotopes on aqueous nitrate to reveal a small hydrogen-bonded water coordination number (3.9 ± 1.2) around a nitrate oxyanion. This is compared to estimates made using the existing method of nitrogen isotope substitution and those of computational simulations (>5-6 water molecules). The low water coordination number, combined with a comparison to classical molecular dynamics simulations, suggests that ion-pair formation is significant. This insight demonstrates the utility of experimental diffraction data for benchmarking atomistic computer simulations, enabling the development of more accurate intermolecular potentials.
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Yadav S, Choudhary A, Chandra A. A First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Study of the Solvation Shell Structure, Vibrational Spectra, Polarity, and Dynamics around a Nitrate Ion in Aqueous Solution. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:9032-9044. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Sushma Yadav
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India 208016
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India 208016
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India 208016
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Fournier JA, Carpenter W, De Marco L, Tokmakoff A. Interplay of Ion–Water and Water–Water Interactions within the Hydration Shells of Nitrate and Carbonate Directly Probed with 2D IR Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:9634-45. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Joseph A. Fournier
- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck
Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck
Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck
Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck
Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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“Thought experiments” as dry-runs for “tough experiments”: novel approaches to the hydration behavior of oxyanions. PURE APPL CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1515/pac-2015-1002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractWe explore the deconvolution of correlations for the interpretation of the microstructural behavior of aqueous electrolytes according to the neutron diffraction with isotopic substitution (NDIS) approach toward the experimental determination of ion coordination numbers of systems involving oxyanions, in particular, sulfate anions. We discuss the alluded interplay in the title of this presentation, emphasized the expectations, and highlight the significance of tackling the challenging NDIS experiments. Specifically, we focus on the potential occurrence of $N{i^{2 + }} \cdots SO_4^{2 - }$ pair formation, identify its signature, suggest novel ways either for the direct probe of the contact ion pair (CIP) strength and the subsequent correction of its effects on the measured coordination numbers, or for the determination of anion coordination numbers free of CIP contributions through the implementation of null-cation environments. For that purpose we perform simulations of NiSO4 aqueous solutions at ambient conditions to generate the distribution functions required in the analysis (a) to identify the individual partial contributions to the total neutron-weighted distribution function, (b) to isolate and assess the contribution of $N{i^{2 + }} \cdots SO_4^{2 - }$ pair formation, (c) to test the accuracy of the neutron diffraction with isotope substitution based coordination calculations and X-ray diffraction based assumptions, and (d) to describe the water coordination around both the sulfur and oxygen sites of the sulfate anion. We finally discuss the strength of this interplay on the basis of the inherent molecular simulation ability to provide all pair correlation functions that fully characterize the system microstructure and allows us to “reconstruct” the eventual NDIS output, i.e., to take an atomistic “peek” (e.g., see Figure 1) at the local environment around the isotopically-labeled species before any experiment is ever attempted, and ultimately, to test the accuracy of the “measured” NDIS-based coordination numbers against the actual values by the “direct” counting.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wen Jun Xie
- Institute of Theoretical
and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,
Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences, and Biodynamic
Optical Imaging Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Theoretical
and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,
Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences, and Biodynamic
Optical Imaging Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Theoretical
and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,
Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences, and Biodynamic
Optical Imaging Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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