| Title: | Mnemonic rutile–rutile interfaces triggering spontaneous dissociation of water |
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| Authors: | ID Ribić, Vesna, Institut "Jožef Stefan" (Author)
ID Jordan, Vanja, Institut "Jožef Stefan" (Author)
ID Drev, Sandra, Institut "Jožef Stefan" (Author)
ID Kovač, Janez, Institut "Jožef Stefan" (Author)
ID Dražić, Goran (Author)
ID Rečnik, Aleksander, Institut "Jožef Stefan" (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202308027
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  IJS - Jožef Stefan Institute
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| Abstract: | Water interaction with mineral surfaces is a complex living system decisive for any photocatalytic process. Resolving atomistic structure of mineral–water interfaces is thus crucial for understanding these processes. Fibrous rutile TiO2, grown hydrothermally on twinned rutile seeds under acidic conditions, was 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. We show that fibers while staying in stable separation during their growth, adopt 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 –OHb to terminal –OHt groups, and spontaneous dissociation of interfacial water via a transient protonation of the –OHt groups. It is shown, that this specific interface structure can be implemented to induce acidic response in initially neutral medium, when re–immersed. To our knowledge this is the first demonstration of a 2D, quantum confined mineral–water interface, capable of memorizing its past and conveying its structurally encoded properties into a new environment. |
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| Keywords: | mineral-water interfaces, atomistic structure, photocatalysis |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 09.08.2023 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 07.11.2023 |
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| Publication date: | 02.12.2023 |
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| Publisher: | Wiley |
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| Year of publishing: | 2024 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-16 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 36, iss. 4, [article no.] 2308027 |
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| Source: | Nemčija |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-29095  |
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| UDC: | 54 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1521-4095 |
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| DOI: | 10.1002/adma.202308027 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 171295747 |
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| Copyright: | © 2023 The Authors. |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Soavtorji iz Slovenije: Vanja Jordan, Sandra Drev, Janez Kovač, Goran Dražić, Aleksander Rečnik;
Opis vira z dne 8. 11. 2023;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 20.04.2026 |
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