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Liang M, Cheng Y, Zhou X, Liu J, Wang J. Determining Roles of Potassium-Feldspar Surface Characters in Affecting Ice Nucleation. Small Methods 2024; 8:e2300407. [PMID: 37462251 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2024]
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The roles of surface characteristics of the feldspar surface on ice nucleation have remained elusive. Here, simple strategies are reported to quantitatively analyze the effects of the surface morphology and molecular composition of the potassium-feldspar surface on ice nucleation. The steps are found to be responsible to the high ice nucleation efficacy according to the fact that water drop freezing temperature increases by about 4.5 °C atop the freshly cleavage feldspar surface being rich of steps comparing to the flattened ones. After the molecular component and atomic structure are destroyed by the fluorination, a tremendous decrease of the ice nucleation temperatures by around 9.0 °C is observed on both cleavage and flattened surfaces, and the steps still improve the ice nucleation activity of the hydrophobic cleavage surfaces. The influence of the surface composition also implies the importance of the molecular component and structure specificity on K-feldspar in facilitating ice nucleation.
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- Meichen Liang
- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- School of Physical Sciences & CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Minenkov A, Hollweger S, Duchoslav J, Erdene-Ochir O, Weise M, Ermilova E, Hertwig A, Schiek M. Monitoring the Electrochemical Failure of Indium Tin Oxide Electrodes via Operando Ellipsometry Complemented by Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:9517-9531. [PMID: 38324480 PMCID: PMC10895603 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c17923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Transparent conductive oxides such as indium tin oxide (ITO) are standards for thin film electrodes, providing a synergy of high optical transparency and electrical conductivity. In an electrolytic environment, the determination of an inert electrochemical potential window is crucial to maintain a stable material performance during device operation. We introduce operando ellipsometry, combining cyclic voltammetry (CV) with spectroscopic ellipsometry, as a versatile tool to monitor the evolution of both complete optical (i.e., complex refractive index) and electrical properties under wet electrochemical operational conditions. In particular, we trace the degradation of ITO electrodes caused by electrochemical reduction in a pH-neutral, water-based electrolyte environment during electrochemical cycling. With the onset of hydrogen evolution at negative bias voltages, indium and tin are irreversibly reduced to the metallic state, causing an advancing darkening, i.e., a gradual loss of transparency, with every CV cycle, while the conductivity is mostly conserved over multiple CV cycles. Post-operando analysis reveals the reductive (loss of oxygen) formation of metallic nanodroplets on the surface. The reductive disruption of the ITO electrode happens at the solid-liquid interface and proceeds gradually from the surface to the bottom of the layer, which is evidenced by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy imaging and complemented by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy mapping. As long as a continuous part of the ITO layer remains at the bottom, the conductivity is largely retained, allowing repeated CV cycling. We consider operando ellipsometry a sensitive and nondestructive tool to monitor early stage material and property changes, either by tracing failure points, controlling intentional processes, or for sensing purposes, making it suitable for various research fields involving solid-liquid interfaces and electrochemical activity.
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- Alexey Minenkov
- Christian
Doppler Laboratory for Nanoscale Phase Transformations, Center for
Surface- and Nanoanalytics (ZONA), Johannes
Kepler University, A-4040 Linz, Austria
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- Center
for Surface- and Nanoanalytics (ZONA), Institute for Physical Chemistry
(IPC) & Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Johannes Kepler University, A-4040 Linz, Austria
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- Christian
Doppler Laboratory for Nanoscale Phase Transformations, Center for
Surface- and Nanoanalytics (ZONA), Johannes
Kepler University, A-4040 Linz, Austria
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- Center
for Surface- and Nanoanalytics (ZONA), Institute for Physical Chemistry
(IPC) & Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Johannes Kepler University, A-4040 Linz, Austria
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- FB 6.1
Oberflächenanalytik und Grenzflächenchemie, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
(BAM), Unter den Eichen
44-46, D-12203 Berlin, Germany
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- FB 6.1
Oberflächenanalytik und Grenzflächenchemie, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
(BAM), Unter den Eichen
44-46, D-12203 Berlin, Germany
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- FB 6.1
Oberflächenanalytik und Grenzflächenchemie, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
(BAM), Unter den Eichen
44-46, D-12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Center
for Surface- and Nanoanalytics (ZONA), Institute for Physical Chemistry
(IPC) & Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Johannes Kepler University, A-4040 Linz, Austria
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Leist J, Kim J, Euchner H, May MM. The relevance of structural variability in the time-domain for computational reflection anisotropy spectroscopy at solid-liquid interfaces. J Phys Condens Matter 2024; 36:185002. [PMID: 38253003 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad215b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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In electrochemistry, reactions and charge-transfer are to a large extent determined by the atomistic structure of the solid-liquid interface. Yet due to the presence of the liquid electrolyte, many surface-science methods cannot be applied here. Hence, the exact microscopic structure that is present under operating conditions often remains unknown. Reflection anisotropy spectroscopy (RAS) is one of the few techniques that allow for anin operandoinvestigation of the structure of solid-liquid interfaces. However, an interpretation of RAS data on the atomistic scale can only be obtained by comparison to computational spectroscopy. While the number of computational RAS studies related to electrochemical systems is currently still limited, those studies so far have not taken into account the dynamic nature of the solid-liquid interface. In this work, we investigate the temporal evolution of the spectroscopic response of the Au(110) missing row reconstruction in contact with water by combiningab initiomolecular dynamics with computational spectroscopy. Our results show significant changes in the time evolution of the RA spectra, in particular providing an explanation for the typically observed differences in intensity when comparing theory and experiment. Moreover, these findings point to the importance of structural surface/interface variability while at the same time emphasising the potential of RAS for probing these dynamic interfaces.
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- Justus Leist
- Universität Ulm, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm, Germany
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- Universität Ulm, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm, Germany
- Universität Tübingen, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Tübingen, Germany
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- Universität Tübingen, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Tübingen, Germany
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- Universität Ulm, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm, Germany
- Universität Tübingen, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Tübingen, Germany
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Ostolska I, Wiśniewska M. Influence of Selected Factors on the Adsorption Layer Structure of Polyamino Acids and Their Block Copolymers at the Solid-Aqueous Solution Interface. Molecules 2023; 28:8080. [PMID: 38138570 PMCID: PMC10745440 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28248080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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The adsorption mechanism of different polymers containing ionic polyamino acids monomers in the chain structure at the solid-liquid interface was investigated. Initially, the influence of molecular weight and solution pH on simple polyamino acids (poly(L-aspartic acid) and poly(L-lysine) binding was determined. Considering the obtained dependencies, the polymer adsorption layer conformation was proposed in the systems containing block copolymers (both diblock and symmetrical triblock) consisting of polypeptide as well as poly(ethylene glycol) fragments. The presented studies focused on the application of two experimental methods. The polymer adsorption was carried out using the batch method and the adsorbate concentration was determined spectrophotometrically. Then, the turbidimetric measurements were taken. The analysis of the obtained results showed that the adsorption process of block copolymers depends on two factors. Firstly, the solution pH determines both the nature of the interactions of the copolymer structural units with the solid surface and the conformation of the polypeptide chains. The second parameter influencing the adsorption layer structure is the ratio of the lengths of both blocks. Introducing a short PEG fragment into the polymer main chain may improve the polymer adsorption properties by increasing the number of interactions with the adsorbent surface.
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- Iwona Ostolska
- Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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Santonoceta GDG, Sgarlata C. pH-Responsive Cobalt(II)-Coordinated Assembly Containing Quercetin for Antimicrobial Applications. Molecules 2023; 28:5581. [PMID: 37513453 PMCID: PMC10386366 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28145581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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The development of novel drug delivery systems (DDSs) with promising antibacterial properties is essential for facing the emergency of increasing resistance to antimicrobial agents. The antibacterial features of quercetin and its metal complexes have been broadly investigated. However, several drawbacks affect their activity and effectiveness. In this work, we propose a DDS based on a pH-responsive cobalt(II)-coordinated assembly containing quercetin and polyacrylic acid. This system is suggested to trigger the release of the model drug in a pH-dependent mode by exploiting the localized acidic environment at the bacterial infection sites under anaerobic conditions. The delivery system has been designed by accurately examining the species and the multiple equilibria occurring in solution among the assembly components. The formation of cobalt(II) complexes with quercetin in the absence or presence of the pH-responsive polyacrylic acid was investigated in buffered aqueous solution at pH 7.4 using spectrophotometric (UV-Vis) and calorimetric (ITC) techniques. The determined binding affinities and thermodynamic parameters that resulted are essential for the development of a DDS with improved binding and release capabilities. Furthermore, the affinity of the polymer-cobalt(II) complex toward the model antimicrobial flavonoid was explored at the solid-liquid interface by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM-D) experiments, which provided marked evidence for drug loading and release under pH control.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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Bussetti G, Menegazzo M, Mitko S, Castiglioni C, Tommasini M, Lucotti A, Magagnin L, Russo V, Li Bassi A, Siena M, Guadagnini A, Grillo S, Del Curto D, Duò L. A Combined Raman Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy System for In Situ and Real-Time Measures in Electrochemical Cells. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:2239. [PMID: 36984119 PMCID: PMC10051831 DOI: 10.3390/ma16062239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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An innovative and versatile set-up for in situ and real time measures in an electrochemical cell is described. An original coupling between micro-Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy enables one to collect data on opaque electrodes. This system allows for the correlation of topographic images with chemical maps during the charge exchange occurring in oxidation/reduction processes. The proposed set-up plays a crucial role when reactions, both reversible and non-reversible, are studied step by step during electrochemical reactions and/or when local chemical analysis is required.
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- Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- NT-MDT BV, Hoenderparkweg 96 b, 7335 GX Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Liang L, Wen T, Xin J, Su C, Song K, Zhao W, Liu H, Su G. Fluoropolymer: A Review on Its Emulsion Preparation and Wettability to Solid-Liquid Interface. Molecules 2023; 28. [PMID: 36677962 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28020905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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In the preparation of a superamphiphobic surface, the most basic method is to reduce the surface free energy of the interface. The C-F bond has a very low surface free energy, which can significantly change the wettability of the solid-liquid interface and make it a hydrophobic or oleophobic, or even superamphiphobic surface. Based on the analysis of a large number of research articles, the preparation and application progress in fluoropolymer emulsion were summarized. After that, some corresponding thoughts were put forward combined with our professional characteristics. According to recent research, the status of the fluoropolymer emulsion preparation system was analyzed. In addition, all related aspects of fluoropolymer emulsion were systematically classified in varying degrees. Furthermore, the interaction between fluoropolymer structure and properties, especially the interaction with nanomaterials, was also explored. The aim of this review is to try to attract more scholars' attention to fluorocarbon interfacial materials. It is expected that it will make a certain theoretical and practical significance in the preparation and application of fluoropolymer.
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Wang X, Gonçalves W, Lacroix D, Isaiev M, Gomès S, Termentzidis K. Thermal conductivity temperature dependence of water confined in nanoporous silicon. J Phys Condens Matter 2022; 34:305701. [PMID: 35405665 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac664b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Recently, it has been shown that high density nanoconfined water was the reason of the important enhancement of the effective thermal conductivity up to a factor of 50% of a nanoporous silicon filled with water. In this work, using molecular dynamics simulations, we further investigate the role of the temperatureT(from 285 to 360 K) on the thermal conductivity enhancement of nanohybrid porous silicon and water system. Furthermore, by studying and analysing several structural and dynamical parameters of the nanoconfined water, we give physical insights of the observed phenomena. Upon increasing the temperature of the system, the thermal conductivity of the hybrid system increases reaching a maximum forT= 300 K. With this article, we prove the existence of new heat flux channels between a solid matrix and a nanoconfined liquid, with clear signatures both in the radial distribution function, mean square displacements, water molecules orientation, hydrogen bond networks and phonon density of states.
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- Xiaorui Wang
- Univ. Lyon, INSA-Lyon, CETHIL CNRS-UMR5008, F-69621, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, INSA-Lyon, CETHIL CNRS-UMR5008, F-69621, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LEMTA, Nancy F-54000, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LEMTA, Nancy F-54000, France
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- Univ. Lyon, INSA-Lyon, CETHIL CNRS-UMR5008, F-69621, Villeurbanne, France
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Nagatsuma Y, Ohno M, Takaki T, Shibuta Y. Bayesian Data Assimilation of Temperature Dependence of Solid-Liquid Interfacial Properties of Nickel. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2021; 11:2308. [PMID: 34578624 DOI: 10.3390/nano11092308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Temperature dependence of solid–liquid interfacial properties during crystal growth in nickel was investigated by ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF)-based data assimilation, in which the phase-field simulation was combined with atomic configurations of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. Negative temperature dependence was found in the solid–liquid interfacial energy, the kinetic coefficient, and their anisotropy parameters from simultaneous estimation of four parameters. On the other hand, it is difficult to obtain a concrete value for the anisotropy parameter of solid–liquid interfacial energy since this factor is less influential for the MD simulation of crystal growth at high undercooling temperatures. The present study is significant in shedding light on the high potential of Bayesian data assimilation as a novel methodology of parameter estimation of practical materials an out of equilibrium condition.
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Karim ET, He M, Salhoumi A, Zhigilei LV, Galenko PK. Kinetics of solid-liquid interface motion in molecular dynamics and phase-field models: crystallization of chromium and silicon. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2021; 379:20200320. [PMID: 34275355 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The results of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the crystallization process in one-component materials and solid solution alloys reveal a complex temperature dependence of the velocity of the crystal-liquid interface featuring an increase up to a maximum at 10-30% undercooling below the equilibrium melting temperature followed by a gradual decrease of the velocity at deeper levels of undercooling. At the qualitative level, such non-monotonous behaviour of the crystallization front velocity is consistent with the diffusion-controlled crystallization process described by the Wilson-Frenkel model, where the almost linear increase of the interface velocity in the vicinity of melting temperature is defined by the growth of the thermodynamic driving force for the phase transformation, while the decrease in atomic mobility with further increase of the undercooling drives the velocity through the maximum and into a gradual decrease at lower temperatures. At the quantitative level, however, the diffusional model fails to describe the results of MD simulations in the whole range of temperatures with a single set of parameters for some of the model materials. The limited ability of the existing theoretical models to adequately describe the MD results is illustrated in the present work for two materials, chromium and silicon. It is also demonstrated that the MD results can be well described by the solution following from the hodograph equation, previously found from the kinetic phase-field model (kinetic PFM) in the sharp interface limit. The ability of the hodograph equation to describe the predictions of MD simulation in the whole range of temperatures is related to the introduction of slow (phase field) and fast (gradient flow) variables into the original kinetic PFM from which the hodograph equation is obtained. The slow phase-field variable is responsible for the description of data at small undercoolings and the fast gradient flow variable accounts for local non-equilibrium effects at high undercoolings. The introduction of these two types of variables makes the solution of the hodograph equation sufficiently flexible for a reliable description of all nonlinearities of the kinetic curves predicted in MD simulations of Cr and Si. This article is part of the theme issue 'Transport phenomena in complex systems (part 1)'.
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- Eaman T Karim
- Department of Innovation and Technology Research, American Dental Association Science and Research Institute, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4745, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4745, USA
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- Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Department of Physics, Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics (LPMC), University of Hassan II Casablanca, BP 7955 Casablanca, Morocco
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4745, USA
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- Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Physics-Astronomy Faculty, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Laboratory of Multi-scale Mathematical Modeling, Department of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Ural Federal University, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia
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Liu C, Tian Y, Meng Y. A Chemical Potential Equation for Modeling Triboelectrochemical Reactions on Solid-Liquid Interfaces. Front Chem 2021; 9:650880. [PMID: 33968900 PMCID: PMC8103171 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.650880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Triboelectrochemical reactions occur on solid–liquid interfaces in wide range of applications when an electric field strong enough and a frictional stress high enough are simultaneously imposed on the interfaces. A characteristic of triboelectrochemical reactions is that not only the thermal energy but also the electrical and mechanical energies can activate, assist, or mitigate the solid–liquid interface chemical reactions, the products of which affect electrical and tribological behavior of the interfaces inversely. In previous studies, we have found that the coupling of frictional and electric effects could physically change the migration, adsorption, and desorption behaviors of the polar molecules, ions, or charged particles included in aqueous or nonaqueous base lubricant toward or away from the interfaces and thus control the boundary lubrication. Recently, we have found that the friction coefficient and surface appearance of some kinds of metals could also be modulated to some extent even in pure water or pure base oils under external electric stimulations. We attribute these changes to the triboelectrochemical reactions occurred when a strong external electric field is imposed on. Based on the effective collision model of chemical reactions, a chemical potential equation, which includes both electrical and mechanical contributions, has been derived. The proposed chemical potential equation can be used to explain the observed triboelectrochemical phenomenon in experiments. Based on the model, a novel method for oxidation coloring of the selected areas in metal surfaces is proposed. Together with the physical adsorption and desorption model of lubricant additives, the triboelectrochemical reaction model can well explain the phenomena of potential-controlled boundary lubrication in different lubrication systems and also provides a theoretical basis for other solid–liquid interface processes under the effects of electromechanical coupling.
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- Chenxu Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Habets T, Speller S, Elemans JAAW. Role of redox-active axial ligands of metal porphyrins adsorbed at solid-liquid interfaces in a liquid-STM setup. Beilstein J Nanotechnol 2020; 11:1264-1271. [PMID: 32953370 PMCID: PMC7476586 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.11.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In a liquid-STM setup environment, the redox behavior of manganese porphyrins was studied at various solid-liquid interfaces. In the presence of a solution of Mn(III)Cl porphyrins in 1-phenyloctane, which was placed at a conductive surface, large and constant additional currents relative to a set tunneling current were observed, which varied with the magnitude of the applied bias voltage. These currents occurred regardless of the type of surface (HOPG or Au(111)) or tip material (PtIr, Au or W). The additional currents were ascribed to the occurrence of redox reactions in which chloride is oxidized to chlorine and the Mn(III) center of the porphyrin moiety is reduced to Mn(II). The resulting Mn(II) porphyrin products were identified by UV-vis analysis of the liquid phase. For solutions of Mn(III) porphyrins with non-redox active acetate instead of chloride axial ligands, the currents remained absent.
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- Thomas Habets
- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM), 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- University of Rostock, Institute of Physics, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- University of Rostock, Department Life, Light, Matter, Albert-Einstein-Straße 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM), 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Boamah MD, Lozier EH, Kim J, Ohno PE, Walker CE, Miller TF 3rd, Geiger FM. Energy conversion via metal nanolayers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:16210-5. [PMID: 31358629 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1906601116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Current approaches for electric power generation from nanoscale conducting or semiconducting layers in contact with moving aqueous droplets are promising as they show efficiencies of around 30%, yet even the most successful ones pose challenges regarding fabrication and scaling. Here, we report stable, all-inorganic single-element structures synthesized in a single step that generate electrical current when alternating salinity gradients flow along its surface in a liquid flow cell. Nanolayers of iron, vanadium, or nickel, 10 to 30 nm thin, produce open-circuit potentials of several tens of millivolt and current densities of several microA cm-2 at aqueous flow velocities of just a few cm s-1 The principle of operation is strongly sensitive to charge-carrier motion in the thermal oxide nanooverlayer that forms spontaneously in air and then self-terminates. Indeed, experiments suggest a role for intraoxide electron transfer for Fe, V, and Ni nanolayers, as their thermal oxides contain several metal-oxidation states, whereas controls using Al or Cr nanolayers, which self-terminate with oxides that are redox inactive under the experimental conditions, exhibit dramatically diminished performance. The nanolayers are shown to generate electrical current in various modes of application with moving liquids, including sliding liquid droplets, salinity gradients in a flowing liquid, and in the oscillatory motion of a liquid without a salinity gradient.
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Thomas LK, Reichling M. Capillary force-induced superlattice variation atop a nanometer-wide graphene flake and its moiré origin studied by STM. Beilstein J Nanotechnol 2019; 10:804-810. [PMID: 31019867 PMCID: PMC6466726 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.10.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present strong experimental evidence for the moiré origin of superlattices on graphite by imaging a live transition from one superlattice to another with concurrent and direct measurement of the orientation angle before and after rotation using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). This has been possible due to a fortuitous observation of a superlattice on a nanometer-sized graphene flake wherein we have induced a further rotation of the flake utilizing the capillary forces at play at a solid-liquid interface using STM tip motion. We propose a more "realistic" tip-surface meniscus relevant to STM at solid-liquid interfaces and show that the capillary force is sufficient to account for the total expenditure of energy involved in the process.
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- Loji K Thomas
- Fachbereich Physik, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastr. 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
- Department of Physics, S. B College, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, 686101, India
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- Fachbereich Physik, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastr. 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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