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  • Surface Chemistry and Nanotechnology
  • Environmental Science and Engineering
  • Materials Science

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  • Understanding solid-liquid interfaces at the nanoscale is vital for water purification and remediation.
  • Conventional techniques struggle to capture transient interfacial chemical transformations due to spatial and temporal limits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel multimodal high-resolution electron microscopy platform for studying dynamic nanoscale interfacial chemistry.
  • To resolve evolving structure, composition, and valence chemistry of liquid-interacting surfaces in real-time and 3D.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of liquid-phase electron microscopy, cryo-electron microscopy, electron tomography, electron energy loss spectroscopy, and X-ray energy-dispersive spectroscopy.
  • Coupling cryogenic immobilization, interface-resolved tracking, and ambient tomography for comprehensive analysis.

Main Results:

  • Revealed nanoscale variations in layer thickness influenced by interfacial charge using model iron nanoparticles.
  • Mapped the spatial distribution of elemental valence states in the liquid phase and ionic mediation of interfacial architecture.
  • Demonstrated real-time-to-three-dimensional mapping of interface dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • The multimodal platform provides unprecedented insight into the chemical evolution of reactive interfaces.
  • The method has broad applicability for nanomaterial-pollutant systems, advancing catalysis and environmental remediation understanding.