scholarly journals Electrolytes induce long-range orientational order and free energy changes in the H-bond network of bulk water

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. e1501891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixing Chen ◽  
Halil I. Okur ◽  
Nikolaos Gomopoulos ◽  
Carlos Macias-Romero ◽  
Paul S. Cremer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Second Harmonic ◽  
Orientational Order ◽  
Electrolyte Solutions ◽  
Bulk Water ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Dipole Orientation ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Interactions ◽  
Bond Network

Electrolytes interact with water in many ways: changing dipole orientation, inducing charge transfer, and distorting the hydrogen-bond network in the bulk and at interfaces. Numerous experiments and computations have detected short-range perturbations that extend up to three hydration shells around individual ions. We report a multiscale investigation of the bulk and surface of aqueous electrolyte solutions that extends from the atomic scale (using atomistic modeling) to nanoscopic length scales (using bulk and interfacial femtosecond second harmonic measurements) to the macroscopic scale (using surface tension experiments). Electrolytes induce orientational order at concentrations starting at 10 μM that causes nonspecific changes in the surface tension of dilute electrolyte solutions. Aside from ion-dipole interactions, collective hydrogen-bond interactions are crucial and explain the observed difference of a factor of 6 between light water and heavy water.

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study of the Hydrogen Bond Network in the Bulk Water of Aqueous Solutions

2005 ◽  
Vol 109 (27) ◽  
pp. 5995-6002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars-Åke Näslund ◽  
David C. Edwards ◽  
Philippe Wernet ◽  
Uwe Bergmann ◽  
Hirohito Ogasawara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Absorption Spectroscopy ◽  
Bulk Water ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Spectroscopy Study ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Bond Network ◽  
X Ray Absorption

scholarly journals Interfacial thermodynamics of spherical nanodroplets: molecular understanding of surface tension via a hydrogen bond network

Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (36) ◽  
pp. 18701-18709
Author(s):  
QHwan Kim ◽  
Wonho Jhe
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Droplet Size ◽  
Hydrogen Bond Network ◽  
Configurational Energy ◽  
Interfacial Thermodynamics ◽  
Bond Network

Change of surface tension of nanodroplet originates dominantly from the configurational energy of interfacial molecules, which is evidenced by the increasingly disrupted hydrogen bond network as the droplet size decreases.

Probing the Structural Features and the Micro-heterogeneity of Various Deep Eutectic Solvents and their Water Dilutions by the Photophysical Behaviour of Two Fluorophores

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Tiecco ◽  
Irene Di Guida ◽  
Pier Luigi Gentili ◽  
Raimondo Germani ◽  
Carmela Bonaccorso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Transient Absorption ◽  
Photophysical Properties ◽  
Deep Eutectic Solvents ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Solvation Dynamics ◽  
Structured Systems ◽  
Reduced Viscosity ◽  
Bond Network ◽  
Fluorescent Molecules

<div><div><div><p>The structural features of a series of diverse Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) have been investigated and characterized by means of two fluorescent probes. The spectral and photophysical properties of the latter are strictly dependent on the experienced environment, so that they can provide insights into the polarity, viscosity, hydrogen-bond network, and micro-heterogeneity of the various DESs.</p><p>In fact, the investigated DESs exhibit a variety of properties with regards to their hydrophilicity, acidity, and hydrogen-bond ability, and these details were deeply probed by the two fluorescent molecules. The effect of the addition of water, which is a key strategy for tuning the properties of these structured systems, was also tested. In particular, the excited state dynamics of the probes, measured by femtosecond-resolved transient absorption, proved instrumental in understanding the changes in the structural properties of the DESs, namely reduced viscosity and enhanced heterogeneity, as the water percentage increases. Differences between the various DESs in terms of both local microheterogeneity and bulk viscosity also emerged from the peculiar multi-exponential solvation dynamics undergone by the excited states of the probes.</p></div></div></div>

Probing the Structural Features and the Micro-heterogeneity of Various Deep Eutectic Solvents and their Water Dilutions by the Photophysical Behaviour of Two Fluorophores

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Tiecco ◽  
Irene Di Guida ◽  
Pier Luigi Gentili ◽  
Raimondo Germani ◽  
Carmela Bonaccorso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Transient Absorption ◽  
Photophysical Properties ◽  
Deep Eutectic Solvents ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Solvation Dynamics ◽  
Structured Systems ◽  
Reduced Viscosity ◽  
Bond Network ◽  
Fluorescent Molecules

<div><div><div><p>The structural features of a series of diverse Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) have been investigated and characterized by means of two fluorescent probes. The spectral and photophysical properties of the latter are strictly dependent on the experienced environment, so that they can provide insights into the polarity, viscosity, hydrogen-bond network, and micro-heterogeneity of the various DESs.</p><p>In fact, the investigated DESs exhibit a variety of properties with regards to their hydrophilicity, acidity, and hydrogen-bond ability, and these details were deeply probed by the two fluorescent molecules. The effect of the addition of water, which is a key strategy for tuning the properties of these structured systems, was also tested. In particular, the excited state dynamics of the probes, measured by femtosecond-resolved transient absorption, proved instrumental in understanding the changes in the structural properties of the DESs, namely reduced viscosity and enhanced heterogeneity, as the water percentage increases. Differences between the various DESs in terms of both local microheterogeneity and bulk viscosity also emerged from the peculiar multi-exponential solvation dynamics undergone by the excited states of the probes.</p></div></div></div>

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