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Area of Science:

  • Surface Chemistry
  • Colloid Science
  • Environmental Science

Background:

  • The electrical double layer (EDL) governs interfacial phenomena in environmental and industrial settings.
  • Simultaneous impacts of pH and specific ion effects (SIEs) on EDL structure are not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the detailed structure of the Stern and diffuse regions of the EDL.
  • To investigate the combined influence of pH and SIEs on the silica/water interface.

Main Methods:

  • Zeta potential measurements
  • Vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy
  • Maximum entropy method

Main Results:

  • Alkali metal cations (Li+, Na+, Cs+) differentially affect water structure in the Stern layer at varying pH.
  • Opposing SIE trends observed in diffuse and Stern layers at pH 2 and pH 12.
  • Hofmeister trends inverted at low and high pH, influencing diffuse layer structure.

Conclusions:

  • SIEs play critical and distinct roles in both electrostatic and water-structuring properties of the EDL.
  • Understanding these roles is vital for accurate modeling of interfacial processes.
  • Ion-specific interactions significantly modulate EDL behavior across a wide pH range.