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Lee S, Poojari CS, Maznichenko A, Roesel D, Swiderska I, Pohl P, Hub JS, Roke S. Dynamic Second Harmonic Imaging of Proton Translocation Through Water Needles in Lipid Membranes. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 38991220 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
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Proton translocation through lipid membranes is a fundamental process in the field of biology. Several theoretical models have been developed and presented over the years to explain the phenomenon, yet the exact mechanism is still not well understood. Here, we show that proton translocation is directly related to membrane potential fluctuations. Using high-throughput wide-field second harmonic (SH) microscopy, we report apparently universal transmembrane potential fluctuations in lipid membrane systems. Molecular simulations and free energy calculations suggest that H+ permeation proceeds predominantly across a thin, membrane-spanning water needle and that the transient transmembrane potential drives H+ ions across the water needle. This mechanism differs from the transport of other cations that require completely open pores for transport and follows naturally from the well-known Grotthuss mechanism for proton transport in bulk water. Furthermore, SH imaging and conductivity measurements reveal that the rate of proton transport depends on the structure of the hydrophobic core of bilayer membranes.
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- Seonwoo Lee
- Laboratory for fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), and Institute of Materials Science (IMX), School of Engineering (STI), and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Theoretical Physics and Center for Biophysics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken 66123, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstraße 40, Linz 4020, Austria
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- Laboratory for fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), and Institute of Materials Science (IMX), School of Engineering (STI), and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), and Institute of Materials Science (IMX), School of Engineering (STI), and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstraße 40, Linz 4020, Austria
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- Theoretical Physics and Center for Biophysics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken 66123, Germany
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- Laboratory for fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), and Institute of Materials Science (IMX), School of Engineering (STI), and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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Liu H, Wang S, Fu Y, Shi C, Song Y, Zhang L, Chen C, Ling Z. Dependence of the formation kinetics of carbon dioxide hydrate on clay aging for solid carbon dioxide storage. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 675:347-356. [PMID: 38972122 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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Clay-based marine sediments have great potential for safe and effective carbon dioxide (CO2) encapsulation by storing enormous amounts of CO2 in solid gas hydrate form. However, the aging of clay with time changes the surface properties of clay and complicates the CO2 hydrate formation behaviors in sediments. Due to the long clay aging period, it is difficult to identify the role of clay aging in the formation of CO2 hydrate in marine sediments. Here, we used ultrasonication and plasma treatment to simulate the breakage and oxidation of clay nanoflakes in aging and investigated the influence of clay aging on CO2 hydrate formation kinetics. We found that the breakage and oxidation of clay nanoflakes would disrupt the siloxane rings and graft hydroxyl on the clay nanoflakes. This decreased the negative charge density of clay nanoflakes and weakened the interfacial interaction of clay nanoflakes with the surrounding water. Therefore, the small clay nanoflakes enriched in hydroxyl would disrupt the surrounding tetrahedral water structure analogous to the CO2 hydrate, resulting in the prolongation of CO2 hydrate nucleation. These results revealed the influence of the structure-function relationship of clay nanoflakes with CO2 hydrate formation and are favorable for the development of hydrate-based CO2 storage.
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- Huiquan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Energy Research Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo 315016, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo 315016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo 315016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo 315016, China.
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Zhang P, Chen C, Feng M, Sun C, Xu X. Hydroxide and Hydronium Ions Modulate the Dynamic Evolution of Nitrogen Nanobubbles in Water. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 38949461 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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It has been widely recognized that the pH environment influences the nanobubble dynamics and hydroxide ions adsorbed on the surface may be responsible for the long-term survival of the nanobubbles. However, understanding the distribution of hydronium and hydroxide ions in the vicinity of a bulk nanobubble surface at a microscopic scale and the consequent impact of these ions on the nanobubble behavior remains a challenging endeavor. In this study, we carried out deep potential molecular dynamics simulations to explore the behavior of a nitrogen nanobubble under neutral, acidic, and alkaline conditions and the inherent mechanism, and we also conducted a theoretical thermodynamic and dynamic analysis to address constraints related to simulation duration. Our simulations and theoretical analyses demonstrate a trend of nanobubble dissolution similar to that observed experimentally, emphasizing the limited dissolution of bulk nanobubbles in alkaline conditions, where hydroxide ions tend to reside slightly farther from the nanobubble surface than hydronium ions, forming more stable hydrogen bond networks that shield the nanobubble from dissolution. In acidic conditions, the hydronium ions preferentially accumulating at the nanobubble surface in an orderly manner drive nanobubble dissolution to increase the entropy of the system, and the dissolved nitrogen molecules further strengthen the hydrogen bond networks of systems by providing a hydrophobic environment for hydronium ions, suggesting both entropy and enthalpy effects contribute to the instability of nanobubbles under acidic conditions. These results offer fresh insights into the double-layer distribution of hydroxide and hydronium near the nitrogen-water interface that influences the dynamic behavior of bulk nanobubbles.
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- Pengchao Zhang
- Center for Combustion Energy, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Combustion Energy, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Center for Combustion Energy, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Combustion Energy, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Zhang X, Liu P, Zhang R, Zheng W, Qin D, Liu Y, Wang X, Sun T, Gao Y, Li LL. Action Programmed Nanoantibiotics with pH-Induced Collapse and Negative-Charged-Surface-Induced Deformation against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Peritonitis. Adv Healthc Mater 2024:e2401470. [PMID: 38924797 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202401470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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The incorporation of well-designed antibiotic nanocarriers, along with an antibiotic adjuvant effect, in combination with various antibiotics, offers an opportunity to combat drug-resistant strains. However, precise control over morphology and encapsulated payload release can significantly impact their antibacterial efficacy and synergistic effects when used alongside antibiotics. Here, this study focuses on developing lipopeptide-based nanoantibiotics, which demonstrate an antibiotic adjuvant effect by inducing pH-induced collapse and negative-charged-surface-induced deformation. This enhances the disruption of the bacterial outer membrane and facilitates drug penetration, effectively boosting the antimicrobial activity against drug-resistant strains. The modulation regulations of the lipopeptide nanocarriers with modular design are governed by the authors. The nanoantibiotics, made from lipopeptide and ciprofloxacin (Cip), have a drug loading efficiency of over 80%. The combination with Cip results in a significantly low fractional inhibitory concentration index of 0.375 and a remarkable reduction in the minimum inhibitory concentration of Cip against multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli (clinical isolated strains) by up to 32-fold. The survival rate of MDR E. coli peritonitis treated with nanoantibiotics is significantly higher, reaching over 87%, compared to only 25% for Cip and no survival for the control group. Meanwhile, the nanoantibiotic shows no obvious toxicity to major organs.
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- Xiao Zhang
- School of Pharmacy, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China
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- School of Bioscience and Technology, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China
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- School of Bioscience and Technology, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- School of Bioscience and Technology, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China
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- School of Bioscience and Technology, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- School of Bioscience and Technology, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China
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- School of Bioscience and Technology, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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Gündoğdu G, Yılmaz Topuzlu E, Mutlu F, Ertekin UE, Okur HI. Oil-in-Water Emulsions Probed Using Fluorescence Multivariate-Curve-Resolution Spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:13116-13121. [PMID: 38861700 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Hydrophobic surfaces in contact with aqueous media are omnipresent in nature. A plethora of key biological and physiological processes occur at the interface of immiscible fluids. Besides its fundamental importance, probing such interfaces is rather challenging, especially when one medium is bathed in the other. Herein, we demonstrate a fluorescence-based method that probes the oil-water interface and interfacial processes through surface dielectric perturbations. The fluorescence response of Nile Red is measured in hexadecane in water nanoemulsions. Three major spectral components appear: two from the bulk liquid media (hexadecane and water) and a distinct band at around 640 nm due to the interfacial component. Such spectra are deconvoluted using the multivariate-curve-resolution algorithm, and interface-correlated fluorescence spectra are attained. The influence of anionic sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS) and cationic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactants on the oil-water interface is elucidated with concentration-dependent measurements. A charge-dependent spectral shift is observed. The interface correlated band at 641 nm for bare hexadecane nanoemulsions red shifts in the presence of anionic surfactants, indicating an apparent dielectric increase. In contrast, the same band gradually blue shifts with increasing cationic surfactant concentration, indicating an apparent interface dielectric decrease. Such a method can be utilized to probe alterations at interfaces beyond the oil/water interface.
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- Gülsüm Gündoğdu
- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
- National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Energy Science and Technology, Faculty of Science, Turkish-German University, Istanbul 34820, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
- National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
- National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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de la Puente M, Laage D. Impact of interfacial curvature on molecular properties of aqueous interfaces. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:234504. [PMID: 38888129 DOI: 10.1063/5.0210884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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The curvature of soft interfaces plays a crucial role in determining their mechanical and thermodynamic properties, both at macroscopic and microscopic scales. In the case of air/water interfaces, particular attention has recently focused on water microdroplets, due to their distinctive chemical reactivity. However, the specific impact of curvature on the molecular properties of interfacial water and interfacial reactivity has so far remained elusive. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations to determine the effect of curvature on a broad range of structural, dynamical, and thermodynamical properties of the interface. For a droplet, a flat interface, and a cavity, we successively examine the structure of the hydrogen-bond network and its relation to vibrational spectroscopy, the dynamics of water translation, rotation, and hydrogen-bond exchanges, and the thermodynamics of ion solvation and ion-pair dissociation. Our simulations show that curvature predominantly impacts the hydrogen-bond structure through the fraction of dangling OH groups and the dynamics of interfacial water molecules. In contrast, curvature has a limited effect on solvation and ion-pair dissociation thermodynamics. For water microdroplets, this suggests that the curvature alone cannot fully account for the distinctive reactivity measured in these systems, which are of great importance for catalysis and atmospheric chemistry.
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- M de la Puente
- PASTEUR, Department of Chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- PASTEUR, Department of Chemistry, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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Lang X, Shi L, Zhao Z, Min W. Probing the structure of water in individual living cells. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5271. [PMID: 38902250 PMCID: PMC11190263 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49404-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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Water regulates or even governs a wide range of biological processes. Despite its fundamental importance, surprisingly little is known about the structure of intracellular water. Herein we employ a Raman micro-spectroscopy technique to uncover the composition, abundance and vibrational spectra of intracellular water in individual living cells. In three different cell types, we show a small but consistent population (~3%) of non-bulk-like water. It exhibits a weakened hydrogen-bonded network and a more disordered tetrahedral structure. We attribute this population to biointerfacial water located in the vicinity of biomolecules. Moreover, our whole-cell modeling suggests that all soluble (globular) proteins inside cells are surrounded by, on average, one full molecular layer (about 2.6 Angstrom) of biointerfacial water. Furthermore, relative invariance of biointerfacial water is observed among different single cells. Overall, our study not only opens up experimental possibilities of interrogating water structure in vivo but also provides insights into water in life.
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- Xiaoqi Lang
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Shanghai Xuhui Central Hospital, Zhongshan-Xuhui Hospital, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
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Wang Y, Zhu Y, Gupta P, Singamaneni S, Lee B, Jun YS. The Roles of Oil-Water Interfaces in Forming Ultrasmall CaSO 4 Nanoparticles. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:29390-29401. [PMID: 38787535 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c02256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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In natural and engineered environmental systems, calcium sulfate (CaSO4) nucleation commonly occurs at dynamic liquid-liquid interfaces. Although CaSO4 is one of the most common minerals in oil spills and oil-water separation, the mechanisms driving its nucleation at these liquid-liquid interfaces remain poorly understood. In this study, using in situ small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), we examined CaSO4 nucleation at oil-water interfaces and found that within 60 minutes of reaction, short rod-shaped nanoparticles (with a radius of gyration (Rg) of 17.2 ± 2.7 nm and a length of 38.2 ± 5.8 nm) had formed preferentially at the interfaces. Wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) analysis identified these nanoparticles as gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O). In addition, spherial nanoparticles measuring 4.1 nm in diameter were observed at oil-water interfaces, where surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) revealed an elevated pH compared to the bulk solution. The negatively charged oil-water interfaces preferentially adsorb calcium ions, collectively promoting CaSO4 formation there. CaSO4 particle formation at the oil-water interface follows a nonclassical nucleation (N-CNT) pathway by forming ultrasmall amorphous spherical particles which then aggregate to form intermediate nanoparticles, subsequently growing into nanorod-shaped gypsum. These findings of this study provide insights into mineral scaling during membrane separation and can inform more efficient oil transport in energy recovery systems.
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Jin Y, Yang S, Sun M, Gao S, Cheng Y, Wu C, Xu Z, Guo Y, Xu W, Gao X, Wang S, Huang B, Wang Z. How liquids charge the superhydrophobic surfaces. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4762. [PMID: 38834547 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49088-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024] Open
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Liquid-solid contact electrification (CE) is essential to diverse applications. Exploiting its full implementation requires an in-depth understanding and fine-grained control of charge carriers (electrons and/or ions) during CE. Here, we decouple the electrons and ions during liquid-solid CE by designing binary superhydrophobic surfaces that eliminate liquid and ion residues on the surfaces and simultaneously enable us to regulate surface properties, namely work function, to control electron transfers. We find the existence of a linear relationship between the work function of superhydrophobic surfaces and the as-generated charges in liquids, implying that liquid-solid CE arises from electron transfer due to the work function difference between two contacting surfaces. We also rule out the possibility of ion transfer during CE occurring on superhydrophobic surfaces by proving the absence of ions on superhydrophobic surfaces after contact with ion-enriched acidic, alkaline, and salt liquids. Our findings stand in contrast to existing liquid-solid CE studies, and the new insights learned offer the potential to explore more applications.
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- Yuankai Jin
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, PR China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
- Research Centre for Nature-Inspired Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
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Mapile AN, LeRoy MA, Fabrizio K, Scatena LF, Brozek CK. The Surface of Colloidal Metal-Organic Framework Nanoparticles Revealed by Vibrational Sum Frequency Scattering Spectroscopy. ACS NANO 2024; 18:13406-13414. [PMID: 38722052 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c03758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Solvation shells strongly influence the interfacial chemistry of colloidal systems, from the activity of proteins to the colloidal stability and catalysis of nanoparticles. Despite their fundamental and practical importance, solvation shells have remained largely undetected by spectroscopy. Furthermore, their ability to assemble at complex but realistic interfaces with heterogeneous and rough surfaces remains an open question. Here, we apply vibrational sum frequency scattering spectroscopy (VSFSS), an interface-specific technique, to colloidal nanocrystals with porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a case study. Due to the porous nature of the solvent-particle boundary, MOF particles challenge conventional models of colloidal and interfacial chemistry. Their multiweek colloidal stability in the absence of conventional surface ligands suggests that stability may arise in part from solvation forces. Spectra of colloidally stable Zn(2-methylimidazolate)2 (ZIF-8) in polar solvents indicate the presence of ordered solvation shells, solvent-metal binding, and spontaneous ordering of organic bridging linkers within the MOF. These findings help explain the unexpected colloidal stability of MOF colloids, while providing a roadmap for applying VSFSS to wide-ranging colloidal nanocrystals in general.
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- Ashley N Mapile
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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Saak CM, Backus EHG. The Role of Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy in Understanding On-Surface Reactions and Dynamics in Atmospheric Model-Systems. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:4546-4559. [PMID: 38636165 PMCID: PMC11071071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Surfaces, both water/air and solid/water, play an important role in mediating a multitude of processes central to atmospheric chemistry, particularly in the aerosol phase. However, the study of both static and dynamic properties of surfaces is highly challenging from an experimental standpoint, leading to a lack of molecular level information about the processes that take place at these systems and how they differ from bulk. One of the few techniques that has been able to capture ultrafast surface phenomena is time-resolved sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy. Since it is both surface-specific and chemically sensitive, the extension of this spectroscopic technique to the time domain makes it possible to study dynamic processes on the femtosecond time scale. In this Perspective, we will explore recent advances made in the field both in terms of studying energy dissipation as well as chemical reactions and the role the surface geometry plays in these processes.
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- Clara-Magdalena Saak
- University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Währingerstrasse 42, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Währingerstrasse 42, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Judd KD, Mendes de Oliveira D, Urbina AS, Ben-Amotz D. Influence of H +, OH - and salts on hydrophobic self-assembly. Chem Sci 2024; 15:6378-6384. [PMID: 38699259 PMCID: PMC11062122 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06995h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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In spite of the ubiquity of acid/base ions and salts in biological systems, their influence on hydrophobic self-assembly remains an open question. Here we use a combined experimental and theoretical strategy to quantify the influence of H+ and OH-, as well as salts containing Li+, Na+, Cl- and Br-, on the hydrophobic self-assembly of micelles composed of neutral oily 1,2-hexanediol surfactants. The distributions of aggregate sizes, both below and above the critical micelle concentration (CMC), are determined using Raman multivariate curve resolution (Raman-MCR) spectroscopy to quantify the multi-aggregation chemical potential surface (MCPS) that drives self-assembly. The results reveal that ions have little influence on the formation of hydrophobic contact dimers but can significantly drive high-order self assembly. Moreover, the hydration-shells of oily solutes are found to expel the above salt ions and OH-, but to attract H+, with wide-ranging implications.
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- Kenneth D Judd
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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Wan K, He J, Shi X. Construction of High Accuracy Machine Learning Interatomic Potential for Surface/Interface of Nanomaterials-A Review. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2305758. [PMID: 37640376 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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The inherent discontinuity and unique dimensional attributes of nanomaterial surfaces and interfaces bestow them with various exceptional properties. These properties, however, also introduce difficulties for both experimental and computational studies. The advent of machine learning interatomic potential (MLIP) addresses some of the limitations associated with empirical force fields, presenting a valuable avenue for accurate simulations of these surfaces/interfaces of nanomaterials. Central to this approach is the idea of capturing the relationship between system configuration and potential energy, leveraging the proficiency of machine learning (ML) to precisely approximate high-dimensional functions. This review offers an in-depth examination of MLIP principles and their execution and elaborates on their applications in the realm of nanomaterial surface and interface systems. The prevailing challenges faced by this potent methodology are also discussed.
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- Kaiwei Wan
- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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Ye J, Wei P, Qi Y, Xie Y, Yalikun N, Wang Q, Huang X. The cellulose nanocrystal jammed interfaces induced by CO 2-assisted self-assembly for enhancing oil recovery. Carbohydr Polym 2024; 331:121853. [PMID: 38388035 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.121853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Stability of displacement front is of great importance in the immiscible fluid displacement for enhancing oil recovery. Here, a CO2-strenghened assembly approach is demonstrated for the fabrication of highly jammed CNSs (cellulose nanocrystal surfactants) with EPD (N'-ethylpropane-1,3-diamine) and TOCNC (TEMPO oxidized cellulose nanocrystal), which produce a structured film at the oil-water interface to counteract the capillary force, and thus governing the local displacing pattern. In this approach, EPD molecules can be deeply protonated in the presence of CO2, favoring their binding forces with TOCNC at the interface to produce more CNSs. Meanwhile, the strong intermolecular attractions among CO2-bearing CNSs promote to form a striped interfacial film with both the close-packed rod-like arrays in horizontal and the multi-layer in lateral. Further, the CNSs-based film confers with a high strength and elasticity can reduce the capillary force by 87 % in micro-channels, yielding a smooth water-to-oil displacement front, which markedly enhances the oil recovery by 20.6 % compared to the surfactant-only flooding. This self-assembly strategy has a great implication in eco-friendly and cost-effective applications, such as enhanced oil recovery, CO2 geo-sequestration, and water infiltration.
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- Jun Ye
- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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Heindel JP, LaCour RA, Head-Gordon T. The role of charge in microdroplet redox chemistry. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3670. [PMID: 38693110 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47879-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024] Open
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In charged water microdroplets, which occur in nature or in the lab upon ultrasonication or in electrospray processes, the thermodynamics for reactive chemistry can be dramatically altered relative to the bulk phase. Here, we provide a theoretical basis for the observation of accelerated chemistry by simulating water droplets of increasing charge imbalance to create redox agents such as hydroxyl and hydrogen radicals and solvated electrons. We compute the hydration enthalpy of OH- and H+ that controls the electron transfer process, and the corresponding changes in vertical ionization energy and vertical electron affinity of the ions, to create OH• and H• reactive species. We find that at ~ 20 - 50% of the Rayleigh limit of droplet charge the hydration enthalpy of both OH- and H+ have decreased by >50 kcal/mol such that electron transfer becomes thermodynamically favorable, in correspondence with the more favorable vertical electron affinity of H+ and the lowered vertical ionization energy of OH-. We provide scaling arguments that show that the nanoscale calculations and conclusions extend to the experimental microdroplet length scale. The relevance of the droplet charge for chemical reactivity is illustrated for the formation of H2O2, and has clear implications for other redox reactions observed to occur with enhanced rates in microdroplets.
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- Joseph P Heindel
- Kenneth S. Pitzer Theory Center and Department of Chemistry, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Kenneth S. Pitzer Theory Center and Department of Chemistry, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Kenneth S. Pitzer Theory Center and Department of Chemistry, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Departments of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of CAlifornia, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Chen X, Xia Y, Wu Y, Xu Y, Jia X, Zare RN, Wang F. Sprayed Oil-Water Microdroplets as a Hydrogen Source. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:10868-10874. [PMID: 38573037 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c01455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Liquid water provides the largest hydrogen reservoir on the earth's surface. Direct utilization of water as a source of hydrogen atoms and molecules is fundamental to the evolution of the ecosystem and industry. However, liquid water is an unfavorable electron donor for forming these hydrogen species owing to its redox inertness. We report oil-mediated electron extraction from water microdroplets, which is easily achieved by ultrasonically spraying an oil-water emulsion. Based on charge measurement and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, contact electrification between oil and a water microdroplet is demonstrated to be the origin of electron extraction from water molecules. This contact electrification results in enhanced charge separation and subsequent mutual neutralization, which enables a ∼13-fold increase of charge carriers in comparison with an ultrapure water spray, leading to a ∼16-fold increase of spray-sourced hydrogen that can hydrogenate CO2 to selectively produce CO. These findings emphasize the potential of charge separation enabled by spraying an emulsion of liquid water and a hydrophobic liquid in driving hydrogenation reactions.
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- Xuke Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Zhang R, Zhang Z, Chen X, Jiang J, Hua L, Jia X, Bao R, Wang F. Pyrogenic Carbon Degradation by Galvanic Coupling with Sprayed Seawater Microdroplets. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:8528-8535. [PMID: 38497738 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Surface waves are known for their mechanical role in coastal processes that influence the weather and climate. However, their chemical impact, particularly on the transformation of pyrogenic carbon, is poorly understood. Pyrogenic carbon is generally assumed to show negligible postformational alteration of its stable carbon isotope composition. Here we present an electrochemical interaction of pyrogenic carbon with the sprayed seawater microdroplets resulting from wave breaking, driven by the galvanic coupling between the microdroplet water-carbon interfaces and the microdroplet water-vapor interfaces. This enables refractory pyrogenic carbon to rapidly degrade via the oxygenation and mineralization reaction, which makes it ∼2.6‰ enriched in 13C, far exceeding the generally assumed postformation alteration values (<0.5‰) of pyrogenic carbon. The unique chemical dynamics of seawater microdroplets provide new insights into the discrepancy in carbon isotope signatures between riverine and marine black carbon, emphasizing the potential of coastal oceans for carbon sequestration in the global carbon cycle.
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- Ruolan Zhang
- Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Key Lab of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Eatoo MA, Mishra H. Busting the myth of spontaneous formation of H 2O 2 at the air-water interface: contributions of the liquid-solid interface and dissolved oxygen exposed. Chem Sci 2024; 15:3093-3103. [PMID: 38425539 PMCID: PMC10901496 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06534k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Recent reports on the spontaneous formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) at the air-water and solid-water interfaces challenge our current understanding of aquatic chemistry and have ramifications on atmosphere chemistry models, surface science, and green chemistry. Suggested mechanisms underlying this chemical transformation include ultrahigh instantaneous electric fields at the air-water interface and the oxidation of water and reduction of the solid at the solid-water interface. Here, we revisit this curious problem with NMR spectroscopy (with an H2O2 detection limit ≥50 nM) and pay special attention to the effects of nebulizing gas, dissolved oxygen content, and the solid-water interface on this chemical transformation in condensed and sprayed water microdroplets. Experiments reveal that the reduction of dissolved oxygen at the solid-water interface predominantly contributes to the H2O2 formation (not the oxidation of hydroxyl ions at the air-water interface or the oxidation of water at the solid-water interface). We find that the H2O2 formation is accompanied by the consumption (i.e., reduction) of dissolved oxygen and the oxidation of the solid surface, i.e., in the absence of dissolved oxygen, the formation of H2O2(aq) is not observed within the detection limit of ≥50 nM. Remarkably, the tendency of the solids investigated in this work towards forming H2O2 in water followed the same order as their positions in the classic Galvanic series. These findings bust the prevailing myths surrounding H2O2 formation due to the air-water interface, the ultrahigh electric fields therein, or the micro-scale of droplets. The hitherto unrealized role of the oxidation of the solid surface due to dissolved oxygen in the formation of H2O2 is exposed. These findings are especially relevant to corrosion science, surface science, and electrochemistry, among others.
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- Muzzamil Ahmad Eatoo
- Environmental Science and Engineering (EnSE) Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 23955-6900 Thuwal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 23955-6900 Thuwal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Environmental Science and Engineering (EnSE) Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 23955-6900 Thuwal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 23955-6900 Thuwal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 23955-6900 Thuwal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Cho H, Sung M, Choi J, Lee H, Prabakaran L, Kim JW. Ultralight, Robust, Thermal Insulating Silica Nanolace Aerogels Derived from Pickering Emulsion Templates. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:9255-9263. [PMID: 38337149 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c17200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Synthesis of silica aerogel insulators with ultralight weight and strong mechanical properties using a simplified technique remains challenging for functional soft materials. This study introduces a promising method for the fabrication of mechanically reinforced ultralight silica aerogels by employing attractive silica nanolace (ASNLs)-armored Pickering emulsion templates. For this, silica nanolaces (SiNLs) are fabricated by surrounding a cellulose nanofiber with necklace-shaped silica nanospheres. In order to achieve amphiphilicity, which is crucial for the stabilization of oil-in-water Pickering emulsions, hydrophobic alkyl chains and hydrophilic amine groups are grafted onto the surface of SiNLs by silica coupling reactions. Freeze-drying of ASNLs-armored Pickering emulsions has established a new type of aerogel system. The ASNLs-supported mesoporous aerogel shows 3-fold greater compressive strength, 4-fold reduced heat transfer, and a swift heat dissipation profile compared to that of the bare ASNL aerogel. Additionally, the ASNL aerogel achieves an ultralow density of 8 mg cm-3, attributed to the pore architecture generated from closely jammed emulsion drops. These results show the potential of the ASNL aerogel system, which is ultralight, mechanically stable, and thermally insulating and could be used in building services, energy-saving technologies, and the aerospace industry.
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- Hyungjoon Cho
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Research and Innovation Center, AMOREPACIFIC, Yongin 17074, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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Urbina AS, Slipchenko LV, Ben-Amotz D. Quantifying the Nearly Random Microheterogeneity of Aqueous tert-Butyl Alcohol Solutions Using Vibrational Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:11376-11383. [PMID: 38078837 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02603] [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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The microheterogeneous structure of aqueous tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) solutions is quantified by combining experimental, simulations, and theoretical results. Experimental Raman multivariate curve resolution (Raman-MCR) C-H frequency shift measurements are compared with predictions obtained using combined quantum mechanical and effective fragment potential (QM/EFP) calculations, as well as with molecular dynamics (MD), random mixture (RM), and finite lattice (FL) predictions. The results indicate that the microheterogeneous aggregation in aqueous TBA solutions is slightly less than that predicted by MD simulations performed using either CHARMM generalized force field (CGenFF) or optimized parameters for liquid simulations all atom (OPLS-AA) force fields but slightly more than that in a self-avoiding RM of TBA-like molecules. The results imply that the onset of microheterogeneity in aqueous solutions occurs when solute contact free energies are about an order of magnitude smaller than thermal fluctuations, thus suggesting a fundamental bound of relevance to biological self-assembly.
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- Andres S Urbina
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Lu SM, Vannoy KJ, Dick JE, Long YT. Multiphase Chemistry under Nanoconfinement: An Electrochemical Perspective. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:25043-25055. [PMID: 37934860 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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Most relevant systems of interest to modern chemists rarely consist of a single phase. Real-world problems that require a rigorous understanding of chemical reactivity in multiple phases include the development of wearable and implantable biosensors, efficient fuel cells, single cell metabolic characterization techniques, and solar energy conversion devices. Within all of these systems, confinement effects at the nanoscale influence the chemical reaction coordinate. Thus, a fundamental understanding of the nanoconfinement effects of chemistry in multiphase environments is paramount. Electrochemistry is inherently a multiphase measurement tool reporting on a charged species traversing a phase boundary. Over the past 50 years, electrochemistry has witnessed astounding growth. Subpicoampere current measurements are routine, as is the study of single molecules and nanoparticles. This Perspective focuses on three nanoelectrochemical techniques to study multiphase chemistry under nanoconfinement: stochastic collision electrochemistry, single nanodroplet electrochemistry, and nanopore electrochemistry.
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- Si-Min Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P.R. China
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Pullanchery S, Dupertuis N, Roesel T, Roke S. Liposomes and Lipid Droplets Display a Reversal of Charge-Induced Hydration Asymmetry. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:9858-9864. [PMID: 37869786 PMCID: PMC10636888 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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The unique properties of water are critical for life. Water molecules have been reported to hydrate cations and anions asymmetrically in bulk water, being a key element in the balance of biochemical interactions. We show here that this behavior extends to charged lipid nanoscale interfaces. Charge hydration asymmetry was investigated by using nonlinear light scattering methods on lipid nanodroplets and liposomes. Nanodroplets covered with negatively charged lipids induce strong water ordering, while droplets covered with positively charged lipids induce negligible water ordering. Surprisingly, this charge-induced hydration asymmetry is reversed around liposomes. This opposite behavior in charge hydration asymmetry is caused by a delicate balance of electrostatic and hydrogen-bonding interactions. These findings highlight the importance of not only the charge state but also the specific distribution of neutral and charged lipids in cellular membranes.
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- Saranya Pullanchery
- Laboratory
for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI),
School of Engineering (STI), École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI),
School of Engineering (STI), École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI),
School of Engineering (STI), École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI),
School of Engineering (STI), École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute
of Materials Science (IMX), École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne
Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Colón-Quintana G, Dick JE. Voltage-driven ion flux promotes emulsification at the water|oil interface. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:4986-4991. [PMID: 37622282 PMCID: PMC10914326 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00334e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Emulsions are critical across a vast range of industries. Generally, emulsion synthesis is a complicated chemical process, requiring many mixed-phase systems. Here, we demonstrate that the flux of ions across the oil|water interface induces emulsification. Ion flux is achieved by a voltage-driven process, where an anode and a cathode are placed in each phase. When a current density of 2 mA cm-2 is reached across the interface, emulsification occurs. We demonstrate that emulsification can be tuned to occur in both phases, depending on the ions present. Droplet sizes are on the order of hundreds of nm and are stable for over an hour even without purposefully added surfactant. We demonstrate qualitative control over droplet size and charge based on salt content, current densities, and polarity of the interface. The process is 1000 times less energetic than ultrasonication. Our results introduce a robust and low-energy means of nanodroplet dispersion without the use of more than two phases and complex phase-transfer agents.
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA.
- Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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Zhu L, Zhang Q, Meng F, Li M, Liang Q, Zhang F. Narrow-Pore Engineering of Vinylene-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks with Weak Interaction-Triggered Multiple Responses. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202309125. [PMID: 37646743 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 08/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Vinylene-linked covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are emerging as promising crystalline materials, but their narrow pore engineering is severely impeded by the weak reversibility of the carbon-carbon double bond formation reaction, which has led to less exploration of their ultramicroporous structures and properties. Herein, we developed a single aromatic ring-based tetratopic monomer, tetramethylpyrazine, which undergoes a smooth Knoevenegal condensation at its four arylmethly carbon atoms with linear aromatic dialdehyde monomers upon the self-catalyzed activation of pyridine nitrogen-containing monomers in the presence of an organic anhydride. This has resulted in the formation of two vinylene-linked COFs, which both crystallized in orthorhombic lattices, and layered in AA stacking fashions along the vertical directions. They exhibit high surface areas and well-tailored ultramicropore sizes up to 0.5 nm. The unique cross-linking mode at two pairs of para-positions of each pyrazine unit through carbon-carbon double bonds afford them with π-extended conjugation over the in-plane backbones and substantial semiconducting characters. The resultant COFs can be well-dispersed in water to form stable sub-microparticles with negative charges (zeta potentials: ca. -30 mV), and exhibiting tunable aggregation behaviors through protonation/deprotonation. As a consequence, they exhibit pore-size-dependent colorimetric responses to various anions with different pKa values in high selectivity.
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- Lin Zhu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China
- Department of Physics, Shaoxing University, 508 Huanchengxi Road, Shaoxing, 312000, China
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- School of Sensing Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan RD, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, Shaoxing University, 508 Huanchengxi Road, Shaoxing, 312000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Trewby W, Voïtchovsky K. Nanoscale probing of local dielectric changes at the interface between solids and aqueous saline solutions. Faraday Discuss 2023; 246:387-406. [PMID: 37449374 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00021d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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The mobility of dissolved ions and charged molecules at interfaces underpins countless processes in science and technology. Experimentally, this is typically measured from the averaged response of the charges to an electrical potential. High-resolution Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) can image single adsorbed ions and molecules at solid-liquid interfaces, but probing the associated dynamics remains highly challenging. One possible strategy is to investigate the response of the species of interest to a highly localized AC electric field in an approach analogous to dielectric spectroscopy. The dielectric force experienced by the AFM tip apex is modulated by the dielectric properties of the sample probed, itself sensitive to the mobilities of solvated charges and dipoles. Previous work successfully used this approach to quantify the dielectric constant of thin samples, but with limited spatial resolution. Here we propose a strategy to simultaneously map the nanoscale topography and local dielectric variations across a range of interfaces by conducting high-resolution AFM imaging concomitantly with electrical AC measurements in a multifrequency approach. The strategy is tested over a 500 MHz bandwidth in pure liquids with different dielectric constants and in saline aqueous solutions. In liquids with higher dielectric constants, the system behaves as inductive-resistive-capacitive but the adjunction of ions removes the inductive resonances and precludes measurements at higher frequencies. High-resolution imaging is demonstrated over single graphene oxide (GrO) flakes with simultaneous but decoupled dielectric measurements. The dielectric constant is consistent and reproducible across liquids, except at higher salt concentrations where frequency-dependent effects occur. The results suggest the strategy is suitable for nanometre-level mapping of the dielectric properties of solid-liquid interfaces, but more work is needed to fully understand the different physical effects underpinning the measurements.
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- William Trewby
- Physics Department, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
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Zierkiewicz W, Kizior B, Michalczyk M, Jezierska A, Scheiner S. Pd and Pt metal atoms as electron donors in σ-hole bonded complexes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:26172-26184. [PMID: 37740339 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03171c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Quantum calculations provide a systematic assessment of the ability of Group 10 transition metals M = Pd and Pt to act as an electron donor within the context of pnicogen, chalcogen, and halogen bonds. These M atoms are coordinated in a square planar geometry, attached to two N atoms of a modified phenanthrene unit, as well as two ligand atoms Cl, Br, or I. As the Lewis acid, a series of AFn molecules were chosen, which could form a pnicogen bond (A = P, As, Sb), chalcogen bond (A = S, Se, Te) or halogen bond (A = Cl, Br, I) with M. These noncovalent bonds are fairly strong, varying between 6 and 20 kcal mol-1, with the occupied dz2 orbital of M acting as the origin of charge transferred to the acid. Pt forms somewhat stronger bonds than Pd, and the bond strength rises with the size of the A atom of the acid. Within the context of smaller A atoms, the bond strength rises in the order pnicogen < chalcogen < halogen, but this distinction vanishes for the fifth-row A atoms. The nature of the ligand atoms on M has little bearing on the bond strength. Based on the Harmonic Oscillator Model of Aromaticity (HOMA) index, the ZB, YB and XB bonds were shown to have only a subtle effect on the ring electronic structures.
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- Wiktor Zierkiewicz
- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- University of Wroclaw, Faculty of Chemistry, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Utah State University Logan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah 84322-0300, USA.
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Chen X, Xia Y, Zhang Z, Hua L, Jia X, Wang F, Zare RN. Hydrocarbon Degradation by Contact with Anoxic Water Microdroplets. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21538-21545. [PMID: 37725034 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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Oils are hydrophobic, but their degradation is frequently found to be accelerated in the presence of water microdroplets. The direct chemical consequences of water-oil contact have long been overlooked. We show that aqueous microdroplets in emulsified water-hexadecane (C16H34) mixtures can spontaneously produce CO2, •H, H2, and short-chain hydrocarbons (mainly C1 and C2) as detected by gas chromatography, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. This reaction results from contact electrification at the water-oil microdroplet interface, in which reactive oxygen species are produced, such as hydrated hydroxyl radicals and hydrogen peroxide. We also find that the H2 originates from the water microdroplet and not the hydrocarbon it contacts. These observations highlight the potential of interfacial contact electrification to produce new chemistry.
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- Xuke Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 ,United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 ,United States
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Xia X, Ma J, Liu F, Cong H, Li X. A Novel Demulsifier with Strong Hydrogen Bonding for Effective Breaking of Water-in-Heavy Oil Emulsions. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14805. [PMID: 37834251 PMCID: PMC10573199 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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In the heavy petroleum industry, the development of efficient demulsifiers for the effective breaking of interfacially active asphaltenes (IAA)-stabilized water-in-heavy oil (W/HO) emulsions is a highly attractive but challenging goal. Herein, a novel nitrogen and oxygen containing demulsifier (JXGZ) with strong hydrogen bonding has been successfully synthesized through combining esterification, polymerization and amidation. Bottle tests indicated that JXGZ is effectual in quickly demulsifying the IAA-stabilized W/HO emulsions; complete dehydration (100%) to the emulsions could be achieved in 4 min at 55 °C using 400 ppm of JXGZ. In addition, the effects of demulsifier concentration, temperature and time on the demulsification performance of JXGZ are systematically analyzed. Demulsification mechanisms reveal that the excellent demulsification performance of JXGZ is attributed to the strong hydrogen bonding between JXGZ and water molecules (dual swords synergistic effect under hydrogen bond reconstruction). The interaction of the "dual swords synergistic effect" generated by two types of hydrogen bonds can quickly break the non-covalent interaction force (π-π stacking, Van der Waals force, hydrogen bonds) of IAA at the heavy oil-water interface, quickly promote the aggregation and coalescence of water molecules and finally achieve the demulsification of W/HO emulsions. These findings indicate that the JXGZ demulsifier shows engineering application prospects in the demulsification of heavy oil-water emulsions, and this work provides the key information for developing more efficient chemical demulsifiers suitable for large-scale industrial applications.
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- Xiao Xia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (X.X.); (F.L.)
- Guizhou Key Laboratory for Green Chemical and Clean Energy Technology, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (X.X.); (F.L.)
- Guizhou Key Laboratory for Green Chemical and Clean Energy Technology, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (X.X.); (F.L.)
- Guizhou Key Laboratory for Green Chemical and Clean Energy Technology, Guiyang 550025, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; (H.C.); (X.L.)
- Zhejiang Institute of Tianjin University, Ningbo 315201, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; (H.C.); (X.L.)
- Zhejiang Institute of Tianjin University, Ningbo 315201, China
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Xue J, Li Y, Jiang M, Wu J, Zhou H, Zhang N, Yang S, Tao C, Zhang W, Fan X. Active Micelle Pumping Channel Triggers Nonequilibrium Surface Excess Aggregation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:12260-12269. [PMID: 37582181 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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Adsorbate transport during the electrochemical process mostly follows the electric-field direction or the high-to-low direction along the concentration gradient and thus often limits the reactant concentration at the adsorption site and requires specific mechanical or chemical bonds of adsorbates to trigger local excess aggregation for advanced framework structure assembly. Herein, we have discovered an active pumping channel during electrochemical adsorption of a manganese colloid, which follows a low-to-high direction inverse concentration gradient. It triggers surface excess micelle aggregation with even over 16-folds higher concentration than that in bulk owing to hydrogen-bonding difference of the micelle surface between in bulk and at the water surface. Micelles in the channel exhibit unique polymerization behaviors by directly polymerizing monomer micelles to form highly catalytic MnO2 of dendritic frameworks, which can serve as a scalable thin-layer aqueous-phase reactor. It increases the understanding of the interface-dependent dynamic nature of micelle or more adsorbates and inspires transformative synthesizing approaches for advanced oxide materials.
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- Jie Xue
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Department of Chemistry School of Pharmacy, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637100, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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Derewenda ZS. C-H Groups as Donors in Hydrogen Bonds: A Historical Overview and Occurrence in Proteins and Nucleic Acids. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13165. [PMID: 37685972 PMCID: PMC10488043 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241713165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Hydrogen bonds constitute a unique type of non-covalent interaction, with a critical role in biology. Until fairly recently, the canonical view held that these bonds occur between electronegative atoms, typically O and N, and that they are mostly electrostatic in nature. However, it is now understood that polarized C-H groups may also act as hydrogen bond donors in many systems, including biological macromolecules. First recognized from physical chemistry studies, C-H…X bonds were visualized with X-ray crystallography sixty years ago, although their true significance has only been recognized in the last few decades. This review traces the origins of the field and describes the occurrence and significance of the most important C-H…O bonds in proteins and nucleic acids.
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- Zygmunt Stanislaw Derewenda
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2628, USA
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Pullanchery S, Zhang L, Kulik S, Roke S. Interfacial Inversion, Interference, and IR Absorption in Vibrational Sum Frequency Scattering Experiments. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:6795-6803. [PMID: 37470215 PMCID: PMC10405221 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c02727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Molecular interfacial structure greatly determines the properties of nano- and microscale systems. Vibrational sum frequency scattering (SFS) spectroscopy is a unique interface-selective tool to measure the interfacial vibrational spectrum of sub-micron to micron-scale objects dispersed in liquid and solid media. The interfacial structure is extracted from the interfacial susceptibility, a physical property derived from the intensity. Here, we describe the effect of infrared absorption that occurs in a bulk medium that is spectroscopically complex and use the results to investigate the effects of interfacial inversion, interfacial interference, and interfacial interference combined with absorption. We use the same three chemicals to do so, hexadecane oil, water, and a neutral Span80 surfactant. For all cases, the effective surface susceptibility can be retrieved from the intensity. We further find that inverting the phases results in different interfacial structures, even though they are composed of the same three chemicals, and explain this in terms of the different interactions that are necessary to stabilize the drops: steric stabilization for water drops in oil vs. charge stabilization for oil drops in water. Interfacial interference can be used to estimate the surface density of different compounds.
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- S. Pullanchery
- Laboratory
for Fundamental BioPhotonics, Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), School
of Engineering (STI), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Fundamental BioPhotonics, Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), School
of Engineering (STI), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Fundamental BioPhotonics, Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), School
of Engineering (STI), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Fundamental BioPhotonics, Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), School
of Engineering (STI), École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute
of Materials Science and Engineering (IMX), School of Engineering
(STI), École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne
Centre for Ultrafast Science, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Czernek J, Brus J, Czerneková V, Kobera L. Quantifying the Intrinsic Strength of C-H⋯O Intermolecular Interactions. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28114478. [PMID: 37298953 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28114478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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It has been recognized that the C-H⋯O structural motif can be present in destabilizing as well as highly stabilizing intermolecular environments. Thus, it should be of interest to describe the strength of the C-H⋯O hydrogen bond for constant structural factors so that this intrinsic strength can be quantified and compared to other types of interactions. This description is provided here for C2h-symmetric dimers of acrylic acid by means of the calculations that employ the coupled-cluster theory with singles, doubles, and perturbative triples [CCSD(T)] together with an extrapolation to the complete basis set (CBS) limit. Dimers featuring the C-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogens bonds are carefully investigated in a wide range of intermolecular separations by the CCSD(T)/CBS approach, and also by the symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SAPT) method, which is based on the density-functional theory (DFT) treatment of monomers. While the nature of these two types of hydrogen bonding is very similar according to the SAPT-DFT/CBS calculations and on the basis of a comparison of the intermolecular potential curves, the intrinsic strength of the C-H⋯O interaction is found to be about a quarter of its O-H⋯O counterpart that is less than one might anticipate.
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- Jiří Czernek
- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovsky Square 2, 162 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovsky Square 2, 162 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Science, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Heyrovsky Square 2, 162 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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Roterman I, Konieczny L. Protein Is an Intelligent Micelle. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 25:850. [PMID: 37372194 DOI: 10.3390/e25060850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Interpreting biological phenomena at the molecular and cellular levels reveals the ways in which information that is specific to living organisms is processed: from the genetic record contained in a strand of DNA, to the translation process, and then to the construction of proteins that carry the flow and processing of information as well as reveal evolutionary mechanisms. The processing of a surprisingly small amount of information, i.e., in the range of 1 GB, contains the record of human DNA that is used in the construction of the highly complex system that is the human body. This shows that what is important is not the quantity of information but rather its skillful use-in other words, this facilitates proper processing. This paper describes the quantitative relations that characterize information during the successive steps of the "biological dogma", illustrating a transition from the recording of information in a DNA strand to the production of proteins exhibiting a defined specificity. It is this that is encoded in the form of information and that determines the unique activity, i.e., the measure of a protein's "intelligence". In a situation of information deficit at the transformation stage of a primary protein structure to a tertiary or quaternary structure, a particular role is served by the environment as a supplier of complementary information, thus leading to the achievement of a structure that guarantees the fulfillment of a specified function. Its quantitative evaluation is possible via using a "fuzzy oil drop" (FOD), particularly with respect to its modified version. This can be achieved when taking into account the participation of an environment other than water in the construction of a specific 3D structure (FOD-M). The next step of information processing on the higher organizational level is the construction of the proteome, where the interrelationship between different functional tasks and organism requirements can be generally characterized by homeostasis. An open system that maintains the stability of all components can be achieved exclusively in a condition of automatic control that is realized by negative feedback loops. This suggests a hypothesis of proteome construction that is based on the system of negative feedback loops. The purpose of this paper is the analysis of information flow in organisms with a particular emphasis on the role of proteins in this process. This paper also presents a model introducing the component of changed conditions and its influence on the protein folding process-since the specificity of proteins is coded in their structure.
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- Irena Roterman
- Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine, Jagiellonian University-Medical College, Medyczna 7, 30-688 Kraków, Poland
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- Chair of Medical Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University-Medical College, Kopernika 7, 31-034 Kraków, Poland
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Artemov V, Frank L, Doronin R, Stärk P, Schlaich A, Andreev A, Leisner T, Radenovic A, Kiselev A. The Three-Phase Contact Potential Difference Modulates the Water Surface Charge. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:4796-4802. [PMID: 37191100 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The surface charge of an open water surface is crucial for solvation phenomena and interfacial processes in aqueous systems. However, the magnitude of the charge is controversial, and the physical mechanism of charging remains incompletely understood. Here we identify a previously overlooked physical mechanism determining the surface charge of water. Using accurate charge measurements of water microdrops, we demonstrate that the water surface charge originates from the electrostatic effects in the contact line vicinity of three phases, one of which is water. Our experiments, theory, and simulations provide evidence that a junction of two aqueous interfaces (e.g., liquid-solid and liquid-air) develops a pH-dependent contact potential difference Δϕ due to the longitudinal charge redistribution between two contacting interfaces. This universal static charging mechanism may have implications for the origin of electrical potentials in biological, nanofluidic, and electrochemical systems and helps to predict and control the surface charge of water in various experimental environments.
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- Vasily Artemov
- Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Steinbuch Centre for Computing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- SC Simtech, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- SC Simtech, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Wise PK, Slipchenko LV, Ben-Amotz D. Ion-Size Dependent Adsorption Crossover on the Surface of a Water Droplet. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:4658-4665. [PMID: 37186591 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The adsorption of ionic and neutral spherical solutes on the surface of a liquid water droplet are investigated using molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical analyses. The results reveal a crossover in the sign of the adsorption free energy as a function of ion size, with ions larger than iodide predicted to be increasingly surface active. Adsorption free energies are decomposed into competing energetic and entropic contributions arising from direct solute-water interaction energy and its fluctuations. The entropically driven surface activity of large ions is predicted to increase with ion size, while small ions are typically driven away from the interface by a more delicate balance of energetic and entropic contributions, with a nonmonotonic ion size dependence linked to the ion's hydration-shell structure and stability. The physical interpretation of the results is illuminated by comparisons with dielectric linear response and cavity formation predictions and implications to interfacial acidity and enhanced chemical reactivity are discussed.
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- Patrick K Wise
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Gao G, Zhou J, Wang H, Ke L, Zhou J, Ding Y, Ding W, Zhang S, Rao P. Fish oil nano-emulsion kills macrophage: Ferroptosis triggered by catalase-catalysed superoxide eruption. Food Chem 2023; 408:135249. [PMID: 36566546 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.135249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Fish oil is increasingly utilised in the form of nano-emulsion as a nutrient and function fortifier. The nano-emulsions exceptionally high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids and electron donors at the oil/water interface provide an ideal site of the redox reaction. Here we report that a vigorous superoxide production in the fish oil nano-emulsion was catalysed by mammalian catalase in acellular and cellular systems. The resulting superoxide increased cytosolic reactive oxygen species (ROS) and membrane lipid peroxidation of murine macrophage, which eventually causes fatal oxidative damages. Cell death, was significantly inhibited by a catalase-specific inhibitor 3-Amino-1,2,4-triazole (3-AT), was via ferroptosis and not apoptosis. The ferroptosis was independent of free iron or glutathione peroxidase suppression. Our findings discovered a hidden health risk of the widely acclaimed fish oil emulsion, suggesting a novel cellular damage mechanism caused by dietary unsaturated fats on the alimentary tract mucosa.
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- Guanzhen Gao
- Food Nutrition Science Centre, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Food Nutrition Science Centre, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Food Nutrition Science Centre, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Food Nutrition Science Centre, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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- Food Nutrition Science Centre, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Food Nutrition Science Centre, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Food Nutrition Science Centre, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Food Nutrition Science Centre, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Food Nutrition Science Centre, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Golbek TW, Okur HI, Kulik S, Dedic J, Roke S, Weidner T. Lysozyme Interaction with Phospholipid Nanodroplets Probed by Sum Frequency Scattering Vibrational Spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:6447-6454. [PMID: 37125843 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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When a nanoparticle (NP) is introduced into a biological environment, its identity and interactions are immediately attributed to the dense layer of proteins that quickly covers the particle. The formation of this layer, dubbed the protein corona, is in general a combination of proteins interacting with the surface of the NP and a contest between other proteins for binding sites either at the surface of the NP or upon the dense layer. Despite the importance for surface engineering and drug development, the molecular mechanisms and structure behind interfacial biomolecule action have largely remained elusive. We use ultrafast sum frequency scattering (SFS) spectroscopy to determine the structure and the mode of action by which these biomolecules interact with and manipulate interfaces. The majority of work in the field of sum frequency generation has been done on flat model interfaces. This limits some important membrane properties such as membrane fluidity and dimensionality─important factors in biomolecule-membrane interactions. To move toward three-dimensional (3D) nanoscopic interfaces, we utilize SFS spectroscopy to interrogate the surface of 3D lipid monolayers, which can be used as a model lipid-based nanocarrier system. In this study, we have utilized SFS spectroscopy to follow the action of lysozyme. SFS spectra in the amide I region suggest that there is lysozyme at the interface and that the lysozyme induces an increased lipid monolayer order. The binding of lysozyme with the NP is demonstrated by an increase in acyl chain order determined by the ratio of the CH3 symmetric and CH2 symmetric peak amplitudes. Furthermore, the lipid headgroup orientation s-PO2- change strongly supports lysozyme insertion into the lipid layer causing lipid disruption and reorientation. Altogether, with SFS, we have made a huge stride toward understanding the binding and structure change of proteins within the protein corona.
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- Laboratory for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bio-engineering (IBI), School of Engineering (STI), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry and National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Laboratory for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bio-engineering (IBI), School of Engineering (STI), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bio-engineering (IBI), School of Engineering (STI), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bio-engineering (IBI), School of Engineering (STI), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IMX), School of Engineering (STI), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Han B, Isborn CM, Shi L. Incorporating Polarization and Charge Transfer into a Point-Charge Model for Water Using Machine Learning. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:3869-3877. [PMID: 37067482 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Rigid nonpolarizable water models with fixed point charges have been widely employed in molecular dynamics simulations due to their efficiency and reasonable accuracy for the potential energy surface. However, the dipole moment surface of water is not necessarily well-described by the same fixed charges, leading to failure in reproducing dipole-related properties. Here, we developed a machine-learning model trained against electronic structure data to assign point charges for water, and the resulting dipole moment surface significantly improved the predictions of the dielectric constant and the low-frequency IR spectrum of liquid water. Our analysis reveals that within our atom-centered point-charge description of the dipole moment surface, the intermolecular charge transfer is the major source of the peak intensity at 200 cm-1, whereas the intramolecular polarization controls the enhancement of the dielectric constant. The effects of exact Hartree-Fock exchange in the hybrid density functional on these properties are also discussed.
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- Bowen Han
- Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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Shi L, Min W. Vibrational Solvatochromism Study of the C-H···O Improper Hydrogen Bond. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:3798-3805. [PMID: 37122158 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The improper C-H···O hydrogen bond is an important weak interaction, with broad implications for protein and nucleic acid structure, molecular recognition, enzyme catalysis, and drug interaction. Despite its wide identification in crystal structures, the general existence of C-H···O hydrogen bonds remains elusive especially for natural C-H groups in bulk aqueous solutions at room temperature. Vibrational spectroscopy is a promising methodology to tackle this challenge, as formation of C-H···O hydrogen bonds usually causes shifts of the C-H stretch frequency. Yet, prior observations are inconclusive, as they are all based on a simple blue-shift in aqueous solution and cannot distinguish if it is an effect caused by solvent reorganization or a specific hydrogen-bonding interaction. In this work, we used vibrational solvatochromism as a calibration of the solvent reorganization effect and identified a specific H-bonding interaction. We performed vibrational solvatochromism study of C-H(D) of multiple alcohol molecules including the CH mode of CD3CH(OH)CD3 and the CD3 modes of CD3OH, CD3CH2OH, and CD3CH(OH)CD3 in a series of solvents. We found an abnormal blue-shift of the Raman frequency of the C-H and C-D bonds at both the Cα and Cβ positions of alcohols in water, which lies in an opposite direction to the expected trend due to vibrational solvatochromism. This experimental evidence supports that the improper C-H···O hydrogen bonds might generally exist between nonpolarized C-H and water in liquid solutions at room temperature.
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- Lixue Shi
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Nguyen D, Lyu P, Nguyen SC. Experimental and Thermodynamic Viewpoints on Claims of a Spontaneous H 2O 2 Formation at the Air-Water Interface. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:2323-2330. [PMID: 36913256 PMCID: PMC10041628 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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Recent claims of the spontaneous H2O2 formation at the air-water interface of water microdroplets have sparked debates on its feasibility. New results from different research groups have provided more insight into these claims, but conclusive proofs are still far from realized. In this Perspective, thermodynamic viewpoints, potential experiments, and theoretical approaches are presented as references for future studies. We suggest that future work should seek for H2 byproduct as indirect evidence to confirm the feasibility of this phenomenon. Examining potential energy surfaces for H2O2 formation reaction when moving from the bulk to the interface under the influence of the local electric fields is also critical to establish this phenomenon.
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- Duy Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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Yang H, Wang S, Xu Y, Wang S, Yang L, Song H, He Y, Liu H. Storage stability and interfacial rheology analysis of high-internal-phase emulsions stabilized by soy hull polysaccharide. Food Chem 2023; 418:135956. [PMID: 36958186 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.135956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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High-internal-phase emulsions (HIPEs) are more promising candidates for development to replace hydrogenated fatty acids, yet the current HIPEs are limited for stabilizers require very high surface activity. This study showed that HIPEs could be prepared with 1.0-2.2 wt% soy hull polysaccharide (SHP) and the related stability indicators of HIPEs were analyzed. The plasticity, stress resistance, stability of the HIPEs were positively correlated with the SHP content. The interfacial adsorption experiments showed that SHP had the good ability to reduce interfacial tension and formed an elastic interfacial layer. Dilatational rheological results showed the interfacial film reached jammed saturation at about 1.8 wt% of SHP concentration, and the zeta potential results were consistent. This study demonstrated that SHP was an efficient stabilizer of HIPEs, which was useful both for the preparation of HIPEs and for developing uses for SHP.
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- Hui Yang
- College of Food Science and Technology, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China
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Chen CY, Hsieh MJ, Raj A, Peng WC, Hamaguchi HO, Chuang WT, Wang X, Wang CL. Missing Piece in Colloidal Stability─Morphological Factor of Hydrophobic Nanoparticles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:2922-2931. [PMID: 36786432 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Hydrophobic nanoparticles (NPs) in water were considered unstable because they lack the repulsive electrostatic interaction and steric effect to prevent aggregation. In this study, porous hydrophobic NPs of two star-shaped giant molecules, POSS-(R)8, were found to be stable in water and able to retain their kinetic stability in a wide range of temperatures, pH values, and ionic strengths. Unlike the solid hydrophobic NPs that aggregate even with the negative zeta potential (ζ) induced by surface-structured hydrogen-bonded (SHB) water, the porous morphology of POSS-(R)8 NPs reduces the entropically driven hydrophobic effect to prevent aggregation. With the porous morphology, the hydrophobic NPs are stable without the hydrophilic or charged surface functional groups and demonstrate good encapsulation capability. The morphological factor of colloids is thus one of the missing pieces in the theory of colloidal stability that extends our understanding of colloidal science.
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- Chin-Yi Chen
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo University, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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Qiu M, Sun P, Han K, Pang Z, Du J, Li J, Chen J, Wang ZL, Mai W. Tailoring water structure with high-tetrahedral-entropy for antifreezing electrolytes and energy storage at -80 °C. Nat Commun 2023; 14:601. [PMID: 36737612 PMCID: PMC9898254 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36198-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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One of unsolved puzzles about water lies in how ion-water interplay affects its freezing point. Here, we report the direct link between tetrahedral entropy and the freezing behavior of water in Zn2+-based electrolytes by analyzing experimental spectra and molecular simulation results. A higher tetrahedral entropy leads to lower freezing point, and the freezing temperature is directly related to the entropy value. By tailoring the entropy of water using different anions, we develop an ultralow temperature aqueous polyaniline| |Zn battery that exhibits a high capacity (74.17 mAh g-1) at 1 A g-1 and -80 °C with ~85% capacity retention after 1200 cycles due to the high electrolyte ionic conductivity (1.12 mS cm-1). Moreover, an improved cycling life is achieved with ~100% capacity retention after 5000 cycles at -70 °C. The fabricated battery delivers appreciably enhanced performance in terms of frost resistance and stability. This work serves to provide guidance for the design of ultralow temperature aqueous batteries by precisely tuning the water structure within electrolytes.
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- Meijia Qiu
- grid.258164.c0000 0004 1790 3548Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.258164.c0000 0004 1790 3548Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.258164.c0000 0004 1790 3548Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 People’s Republic of China ,grid.9227.e0000000119573309CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083 People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Smart-Chip Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, 100192 People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Smart-Chip Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, 100192 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.258164.c0000 0004 1790 3548Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.12981.330000 0001 2360 039XInstrumental Analysis and Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275 People’s Republic of China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083 People’s Republic of China ,grid.213917.f0000 0001 2097 4943School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
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- grid.258164.c0000 0004 1790 3548Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 People’s Republic of China ,grid.9227.e0000000119573309CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083 People’s Republic of China ,grid.440736.20000 0001 0707 115XSchool of Physics, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710071 People’s Republic of China
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Fu Y, Li Y, Weng S, Qi W, Su H, Li T. Amyloid protein fibrils show enhanced ice recrystallization inhibition activity when serve as pickering emulsion stabilizer. Food Hydrocoll 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2023.108581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Zou H, Shi H, Hao S, Hao Y, Yang J, Tian X, Yang H. Boosting Catalytic Selectivity through a Precise Spatial Control of Catalysts at Pickering Droplet Interfaces. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:2511-2522. [PMID: 36652392 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Exploration of new methodologies to tune catalytic selectivity is a long-sought goal in catalytic community. In this work, oil-water interfaces of Pickering emulsions are developed to effectively regulate catalytic selectivity of hydrogenation reactions, which was achieved via a precise control of the spatial distribution of metal nanoparticles at the droplet interfaces. It was found that Pd nanoparticles located in the inner interfacial layer of Pickering droplets exhibited a significantly enhanced selectivity for p-chloroaniline (up to 99.6%) in the hydrogenation of p-chloronitrobenzene in comparison to those in the outer interfacial layer (63.6%) in pure water (68.5%) or in pure organic solvents (46.8%). Experimental and theoretical investigations indicated that such a remarkable interfacial microregion-dependent catalytic selectivity was attributed to the microenvironments of the coexistence of water and organic solvent at the droplet interfaces, which could provide unique interfacial hydrogen-bonding interactions and solvation effects so as to alter the adsorption patterns of p-chloronitrobenzene and p-chloroaniline on the Pd nanoparticles, thereby avoiding the unwanted contact of C-Cl bonds with the metal surfaces. Our strategy of precise spatial control of catalysts at liquid-liquid interfaces and the unprecedented interfacial effect reported here not only provide new insights into the liquid-liquid interfacial reactions but also open an avenue to boost catalytic selectivity.
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- Houbing Zou
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.,Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.,Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.,Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Rak D, Sedlák M. Solvophobicity-Driven Mesoscale Structures: Stabilizer-Free Nanodispersions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:1515-1528. [PMID: 36652709 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Solvophobicity-driven mesoscale structures that lack any stabilizers are perhaps the most common spontaneously formed stable colloidal objects (particles, droplets). In spite of this, they have been significantly overlooked for a long time and the knowledge on solvophobicity-driven mesoscale structures (SDMSs) is rather limited. Here, we follow up on our previous work on mesoscale solubility [Rak, D.; Sedlák, M. On the Mesoscale Solubility in Liquid Solutions and Mixtures. J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, 123, 1365-1374. 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b10638] and aim at providing a fully consistent picture of the nature, formation, and stability of SDMSs. We investigate both aqueous and nonaqueous mixtures, showing that this phenomenon is universal and not limited to aqueous systems. An experimental regime diagram is constructed as a function of the concentration of the solvophobic component and the solvophobicity strength given by mixtures of various organic solvents. Aqueous mixtures are investigated using well-defined ternary systems comprising water, ethanol (or other organic solvents), and a series of linear alkanes serving as hydrophobes. This investigation covers unique long-time monitoring of SDMS stability (up to three years). Another parameter studied in detail is the temperature of the mixture. SDMSs are characterized in terms of their shape and size distributions obtained using orthogonal techniques. Last but not least, we bring some insights into the SDMS surface zeta potential─the key quantity behind the stability of SDMSs. We investigate zeta potential as a function of the mixture composition, pH, and temperature.
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- Dmytro Rak
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
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Unraveling the Nature of Hydrogen Bonds of "Proton Sponges" Based on Car-Parrinello and Metadynamics Approaches. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021542. [PMID: 36675059 PMCID: PMC9860969 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The nature of intra- and intermolecular non-covalent interactions was studied in four naphthalene derivatives commonly referred to as "proton sponges". Special attention was paid to an intramolecular hydrogen bond present in the protonated form of the compounds. The unsubstituted "proton sponge" served as a reference structure to study the substituent influence on the hydrogen bond (HB) properties. We selected three compounds substituted by methoxy, amino, and nitro groups. The presence of the substituents either retained the parent symmetry or rendered the compounds asymmetric. In order to reveal the non-covalent interaction properties, the Hirshfeld surface (HS) was computed for the crystal structures of the studied compounds. Next, quantum-chemical simulations were performed in vacuo and in the crystalline phase. Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics (CPMD), Path Integral Molecular Dynamics (PIMD), and metadynamics were employed to investigate the time-evolution changes of metric parameters and free energy profile in both phases. Additionally, for selected snapshots obtained from the CPMD trajectories, non-covalent interactions and electronic structure were studied. Quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) and the Density Overlap Regions Indicator (DORI) were applied for this purpose. It was found based on Hirshfeld surfaces that, besides intramolecular hydrogen bonds, other non-covalent interactions are present and have a strong impact on the crystal structure organization. The CPMD results obtained in both phases showed frequent proton transfer phenomena. The proton was strongly delocalized in the applied time-scale and temperature, especially in the PIMD framework. The use of metadynamics allowed for tracing the free energy profiles and confirming that the hydrogen bonds present in "proton sponges" are Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bonds (LBHBs). The electronic and topological analysis quantitatively described the temperature dependence and time-evolution changes of the electronic structure. The covalency of the hydrogen bonds was estimated based on QTAIM analysis. It was found that strong hydrogen bonds show greater covalency, which is additionally determined by the proton position in the hydrogen bridge.
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Ma J, Zarin I, Miljkovic N. Direct Measurement of Solid-Liquid Interfacial Energy Using a Meniscus. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:246802. [PMID: 36563273 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.246802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Solid-liquid interactions are central to diverse processes. The interaction strength can be described by the solid-liquid interfacial free energy (γ_{SL}), a quantity that is difficult to measure. Here, we present the direct experimental measurement of γ_{SL} for a variety of solid materials, from nonpolar polymers to highly wetting metals. By attaching a thin solid film on top of a liquid meniscus, we create a solid-liquid interface. The interface determines the curvature of the meniscus, analysis of which yields γ_{SL} with an uncertainty of less than 10%. Measurement of classically challenging metal-water interfaces reveals γ_{SL}∼30-60 mJ/m^{2}, demonstrating quantitatively that water-metal adhesion is 80% stronger than the cohesion energy of bulk water, and experimentally verifying previous quantum chemical calculations.
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- Jingcheng Ma
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801 Illinois, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801 Illinois, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801 Illinois, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801 Illinois, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801 Illinois, USA
- International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Ni H. On the hydrophobic hydration, solvation and interface: A thought essay (I). J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Qi Z, Sun Z, Li N, Chen Q, Liu W, Li W. Effect of inorganic salt concentration and types on electrophoretic migration of oil droplets in oil-in-water emulsion: A molecular dynamics study. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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