材料科学
离解(化学)
金红石
化学物理
质子化
氢键
结晶学
质子
化学工程
分子
物理化学
化学
有机化学
离子
物理
量子力学
工程类
作者
Vesna Ribić,Vanja Jordan,Sandra Drev,Janez Kovač,Goran Dražić,Aleksander Rečnik
标识
DOI:10.1002/adma.202308027
摘要
Abstract Water interaction with mineral surfaces is a complex living system decisive for any photocatalytic process. Resolving the atomistic structure of mineral–water interfaces is thus crucial for understanding these processes. Fibrous rutile TiO 2 , grown hydrothermally on twinned rutile seeds under acidic conditions, is studied in terms of interface translation, atomic structure, and surface chemistry in the presence of water, by means of advanced microscopy and spectroscopy methods combined with structure modeling and density functional theory calculations. It is shown that fibers while staying in stable separation during their growth, adopt a special crystallographic registry that is controlled by repulsion forces between fully hydroxylated and protonated (110) surfaces. During relaxation, a turbulent proton transfer and cracking of O─H bonds is observed, generating a strong acidic character via proton jump from bridge ─OH b to terminal ─OH t groups, and spontaneous dissociation of interfacial water via a transient protonation of the ─OH t groups. It is shown, that this specific interface structure can be implemented to induce acidic response in an initially neutral medium when re‐immersed. This is thought to be the first demonstration of quantum‐confined mineral–water interface, capable of memorizing its past and conveying its structurally encoded properties into a new environment.
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