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2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Aarts ◽  
Alain Reiser ◽  
Spolenak Ralph ◽  
Esther Alarcon-Llado

Regulating the state of the solid-liquid interface by means of electric fields is a powerful tool to control electrochemistry. In scanning probe systems, this can be confined closely to a...


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Karolina Kędra ◽  
Marzena Łazarczyk ◽  
Tajana Begović ◽  
Danijel Namjesnik ◽  
Karolina Lament ◽  
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Organic matter (OM) interactions with minerals are essential in OM preservation against decomposition in the environment. Here, by combining potentiometric and electrophoretic measurements, we probed the mode of coordination and the role of pH-dependent electrostatic interactions between organic acids and an iron oxide surface. Specifically, we show that malonate ions adsorbed to a hematite surface in a wide pH window between 3 and 8.7 (point of zero charge). The mode of interactions varied with this pH range and depended on the acid and surface acidity constants. In the acidic environment, hematite surface potential was highly positive (+47 mV, pH 3). At pH < 4 malonate adsorption reduced the surface potential (+30 mV at pH 3) but had a negligible effect on the diffuse layer potential, consistent with the inner-sphere malonate complexation. Here, the specific and electrostatic interactions were responsible for the malonate partial dehydration and surface accumulation. These interactions weakened with an increasing pH and near PZC, the hematite surface charge was neutral on average. Adsorbed malonates started to desorb from the surface with less pronounced accumulation in the diffuse layer, which was reflected in zeta potential values. The transition between specific and non-specific sorption regimes was smooth, suggesting the coexistence of the inner- and outer-sphere complexes with a relative ratio that varied with pH.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Aarts ◽  
Alain Reiser ◽  
Ralph Spolenak ◽  
Esther Alarcon-Llado

Regulating the state of the solid-liquid interface by means of electric fields is a powerful tool to control electrochemistry. In scanning probe systems, this can be confined closely to a scanning (nano)electrode by means of fast potential pulses, providing a way to probe the interface and control electrochemical reactions locally, as has been demonstrated in nanoscale electrochemical etching. For this purpose, it is important to know the spatial extent of the interaction between pulses applied to the tip, and the substrate. In this paper we use a framework of diffuse layer charging to describe the localization of electrical double layer charging in response to a potential pulse at the probe. Our findings are in good agreement to literature values obtained in electrochemical etching. We show that the pulse can be much more localized by limiting the diffusivity of the ions present in solution, by confined electrodeposition of cobalt in a dimethyl sulfoxide solution, using an electrochemical scanning tunneling microscope. Finally, we demonstrate the deposition of cobalt nanostructures (<100 nm) using this method. The presented framework therefore provides a general route for predicting and controlling the time-dependent region of interaction between an electrochemical scanning probe and the surface.


Author(s):  
Emily Ma ◽  
Jeongmin Kim ◽  
HanByul Chang ◽  
Paul E. Ohno ◽  
Richard J. Jodts ◽  
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Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 829
Author(s):  
Nathalie Olivi-Tran ◽  
Laurent Bonnet ◽  
Pascal Etienne

We studied a colloidal suspension of polystyrene beads deposited on a glass substrate. The glass substrate contained either straight rough areas on the borders of an open channel or only straight rough areas. The drying of the suspension was observed with an optical microscope, the light bulb of which acted as an energy source to evaporate the suspension. Moreover, the light bulb of the microscope provided optical pressure due to light. We observed that the colloidal particles were trapped on the rough areas of the substrate and not in the open channel at the end of the drying process. In order to understand the experimental results, we modeled numerically the drying of the suspension using a Molecular Dynamics program. The forces imposed on the substrate by the particles are their weight, the optical pressure due to the light bulb of the optical microscope, the attractive Van der Waals force and the repulsive diffuse layer force. The forces acting between two particles are the attractive Van der Waals forces, the repulsive diffuse layer force and the capillary force. The Gaussian random force (linked to Brownian motion) and the particle liquid viscous drag force (also linked to Brownian motion) are horizontal and applied on one particle. The relation between the normal forces N (forces acting by the particles on the substrate) and the horizontal forces F is Amontons' third law of friction F ≤ μk N; in rough areas of the substrate, μk is larger than in smooth areas. This explains that particles are trapped in the areas with high roughness.


Author(s):  
Carl I. Steefel ◽  
Christophe Tournassat

AbstractA model based on the code CrunchClay is presented for a fracture-clay matrix system that takes electrostatic effects on transport into account. The electrostatic effects on transport include those associated with the development of a diffusion potential as captured by the Nernst-Planck equation, and the formation of a diffuse layer bordering negatively charged clay particles within which partial anion exclusion occurs. The model is based on a dual continuum formulation that accounts for diffuse layer and bulk water pore space, providing a more flexible framework than is found in the classical mean electrostatic potential models. The diffuse layer model is obtained by volume averaging ion concentrations in the Poisson-Boltzmann equation, but also includes the treatment of longitudinal transport within this continuum. The calculation of transport within the bulk and diffuse layer porosity is based on a new formulation for the Nernst-Planck equation that considers averaging of diffusion coefficients and accumulation factors at grid cell interfaces. Equations for function residuals and the associated Jacobian matrix are presented such that the system of nonlinear differential-algebraic equations can be solved with Newton’s method. As an example, we consider a 2D system with a single discrete fracture within which flow and advective transport occurs that is coupled to diffusion in the clay-rich matrix. The simulation results demonstrate the lack of retardation for anions (e.g., 36Cl−) of the contaminant plume within the fracture flow system because they are largely excluded from the charged clay rock, while the migration of cations (e.g., 90Sr++) is more strongly attenuated. The diffusive loss of divalent cations in particular from the fracture is accentuated by their accumulation in the diffuse layer within the clay-rich matrix.


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