High Resolution Imaging, Spectroscopy and Nuclear Quantum Effects of Interfacial Water

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-981-13-4662-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 115 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 219 g

Reihe: Springer Theses

This thesis presents a series of experimental techniques based on scanning probe microscopy, which make it possible access the degree of freedom of protons both in real and energy space. These novel techniques and methods allow direct visualization of the concerted quantum tunneling of protons within the hydrogen-bonded network and quantification of the quantum component of a single hydrogen bond at a water–solid interface for the first time. Furthermore, the thesis demonstrates that the anharmonic quantum fluctuations of hydrogen nuclei further weaken the weak hydrogen bonds and strengthen the strong ones. However, this trend was reversed when the hydrogen bond coupled to the local environment. These pioneering findings substantially advance our understanding of the quantum nature of H bonds at the molecular level.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guo, Jing

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Oberflächen- und Grenzflächenphysik, Dünne Schichten
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Magnetresonanz
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Atom- und Molekülphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Mikroskopie, Spektroskopie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Submolecular resolution imaging of interfacial water.- Vibrational spectroscopy of interfacial water.- Nuclear quantum effects of interfacial water.- Summary and outlook.

Über Autor(innen)

Jing Guo grew up in Henan Province, China and received her B.S. in Physics from Lanzhou University, China in 2011. Under the supervision of Prof. Ying Jiang, she obtained her Ph.D. from the School of Physics, Peking University in July 2016. Subsequently, she became a postdoc fellow in the same group and continued to investigate the structure and dynamics of interfacial ice on various substrates.