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Dec, 2003

Structural anomalies of Rb and Br ionic nanosolutions in hydrophobic slit-shaped solid space as revealed by the EXAFS technique

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
  • T Ohkubo
  • ,
  • Y Hattori
  • ,
  • H Kanoh
  • ,
  • T Konishi
  • ,
  • T Fujikawa
  • ,
  • K Kaneko

Volume
107
Number
49
First page
13616
Last page
13622
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1021/jp0343685
Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC

The hydration structure of RbBr electrolytic solutions confined in slit-shaped nanospaces of carbon was determined with the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) technique and related analysis. The nitrogen adsorption isotherms at 77 K were measured to evaluate the porosity of RbBr-deposited carbon samples. The EXAFS results indicate that the electrolytic solution confined in hydrophobic nanospaces has a restricted hydration structure depending on the average pore width of the nanospaces. Also the asymmetric-field effect of slit-pore geometry on the formation of unique hydration structures of ions in nanospaces was unveiled with the analysis of EXAFS spectra. A marked decrease of the hydration number around a Rb ion was observed in slit-shaped nanospaces, indicating the compressed hydration structure around a Rb ion restricted in slit-shaped nanospaces. The distorted hydration structure around a Br ion in the slit-shaped pore of 0.7 nm was formed to increase the hydration number, though partially dehydrated structure can be formed in a 1.1 nm pore. The cluster-mediated ordered structure of water molecules can play an important role in forming a dehydrated structure around a Br ion confined in the 1.1-nm pore.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0343685
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000187009700013&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5907-3683
ID information
  • DOI : 10.1021/jp0343685
  • ISSN : 1520-6106
  • ORCID - Put Code : 32866610
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000187009700013

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