Pub Date : 2022-01-13eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1063/4.0000135
Gabriel L S Rodrigues, Elias Diesen, Johannes Voss, Patrick Norman, Lars G M Pettersson
The desorption of a carbon monoxide molecule from a Ru(0001) surface was studied by means of X-ray Absorption Spectra (XAS) computed with Transition Potential (TP-DFT) and Time Dependent (TD-DFT) DFT methods. By unraveling the evolution of the CO electronic structure upon desorption, we observed that at 2.3 Å from the surface, the CO molecule has already predominantly gas-phase character. While C 1s XAS is quite insensitive to changes in the C-O bond length, the O 1s excitation is very sensitive with the π* coming down in energy upon CO bond stretching, which competes with the increase in orbital energy due to the repulsive interaction with the metallic surface. We show in a systematic way that the TP-DFT method can describe the XAS rather well at the endpoints (chemisorbed and gas phase) but is affected by artificial charge transfer and/or incorrect spin treatment in the transition region in cases like CO, where there are low-lying π* orbitals and large exchange interactions between the core 1s and valence-acceptor π* orbitals. As an alternative, we demonstrate by comparing with experimental data that a linear response approach using TD-DFT employing common exchange-correlation functionals and finite-size clusters can yield a good description of the spectral evolution of the 1s → π* transition with correct spin and gas-to-chemisorbed chemical shifts in good agreement with experiment.
我们利用过渡势(TP-DFT)和时变(TD-DFT)DFT 方法计算的 X 射线吸收光谱(XAS)研究了一氧化碳分子从 Ru(0001)表面解吸的过程。通过揭示解吸过程中 CO 电子结构的演变,我们观察到在距离表面 2.3 Å 处,CO 分子已经主要具有气相特性。虽然 C 1s XAS 对 C-O 键长度的变化非常不敏感,但 O 1s 激发却非常敏感,在 CO 键伸展时,π* 的能量会下降,这与与金属表面的排斥作用导致的轨道能量增加形成了竞争。我们用系统的方法表明,TP-DFT 方法可以很好地描述端点(化学吸附和气相)的 XAS,但在 CO 等情况下,会受到过渡区人为电荷转移和/或不正确自旋处理的影响,因为在过渡区存在低洼的 π* 轨道以及核心 1s 与价受 π* 轨道之间的大量交换相互作用。作为一种替代方法,我们通过与实验数据的比较证明,利用普通交换相关函数和有限尺寸簇的 TD-DFT 线性响应方法可以很好地描述 1s → π* 转变的光谱演变,其正确的自旋和气体-化合层化学位移与实验结果非常一致。
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Yi-Ping Chang, Z. Yin, T. Balciunas, H. Wörner, J. Wolf
Sub-μm thin samples are essential for spectroscopic purposes. The development of flat micro-jets enabled novel spectroscopic and scattering methods for investigating molecular systems in the liquid phase. However, the temperature of these ultra-thin liquid sheets in vacuum has not been systematically investigated. Here, we present a comprehensive temperature characterization using optical Raman spectroscopy of sub-micron flatjets produced by two different methods: colliding of two cylindrical jets and a cylindrical jet compressed by a high pressure gas. Our results reveal the dependence of the cooling rate on the material properties and the source characteristics, i.e., nozzle-orifice size, flow rate, and pressure. We show that materials with higher vapor pressures exhibit faster cooling rates, which is illustrated by comparing the temperature profiles of water and ethanol flatjets. In a sub-μm liquid sheet, the temperature of the water sample reaches around 268 K and the ethanol around 253 K close to the flatjet's terminus.
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Pub Date : 2021-11-22eCollection Date: 2021-11-01DOI: 10.1063/4.0000130
Thomas Fransson, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Ruchira Chatterjee, Mun Hon Cheah, Mohamed Ibrahim, Rana Hussein, Miao Zhang, Franklin Fuller, Sheraz Gul, In-Sik Kim, Philipp S Simon, Isabel Bogacz, Hiroki Makita, Casper de Lichtenberg, Sanghoon Song, Alexander Batyuk, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Ramzi Massad, Margaret Doyle, Alexander Britz, Clemens Weninger, Athina Zouni, Johannes Messinger, Vittal K Yachandra, Junko Yano, Jan Kern, Uwe Bergmann
In the last ten years, x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have been successfully employed to characterize metalloproteins at room temperature using various techniques including x-ray diffraction, scattering, and spectroscopy. The approach has been to outrun the radiation damage by using femtosecond (fs) x-ray pulses. An example of an important and damage sensitive active metal center is the Mn4CaO5 cluster in photosystem II (PS II), the catalytic site of photosynthetic water oxidation. The combination of serial femtosecond x-ray crystallography and Kβ x-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) has proven to be a powerful multimodal approach for simultaneously probing the overall protein structure and the electronic state of the Mn4CaO5 cluster throughout the catalytic (Kok) cycle. As the observed spectral changes in the Mn4CaO5 cluster are very subtle, it is critical to consider the potential effects of the intense XFEL pulses on the Kβ XES signal. We report here a systematic study of the effects of XFEL peak power, beam focus, and dose on the Mn Kβ1,3 XES spectra in PS II over a wide range of pulse parameters collected over seven different experimental runs using both microcrystal and solution PS II samples. Our findings show that for beam intensities ranging from ∼5 × 1015 to 5 × 1017 W/cm2 at a pulse length of ∼35 fs, the spectral effects are small compared to those observed between S-states in the Kok cycle. Our results provide a benchmark for other XFEL-based XES studies on metalloproteins, confirming the viability of this approach.
在过去十年中,X 射线自由电子激光器(XFEL)已被成功地用于在室温下使用各种技术(包括 X 射线衍射、散射和光谱学)表征金属蛋白。其方法是利用飞秒 (fs) X 射线脉冲来超越辐射损伤。光系统 II(PS II)中的 Mn4CaO5 簇是一个重要的、对损伤敏感的活性金属中心,它是光合作用水氧化的催化场所。串行飞秒 X 射线晶体学和 Kβ X 射线发射光谱(XES)的结合被证明是一种强大的多模式方法,可同时探测整个蛋白质结构和 Mn4CaO5 簇在整个催化(Kok)循环中的电子状态。由于在 Mn4CaO5 团簇中观察到的光谱变化非常微妙,因此考虑强 XFEL 脉冲对 Kβ XES 信号的潜在影响至关重要。我们在此报告了一项系统性研究,研究了 XFEL 峰值功率、光束聚焦和剂量对 PS II 中 Mn Kβ1,3 XES 光谱的影响,该研究使用微晶和溶液 PS II 样品,在七个不同的实验运行中收集了广泛的脉冲参数。我们的研究结果表明,在脉冲长度为 ∼35 fs 时,光束强度范围为 ∼5 × 1015 至 5 × 1017 W/cm2,与在 Kok 循环中的 S 态之间观察到的光谱效应相比,光谱效应很小。我们的研究结果为其他基于 XFEL 的金属蛋白 XES 研究提供了基准,证实了这种方法的可行性。
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Pub Date : 2021-11-15eCollection Date: 2021-11-01DOI: 10.1063/4.0000120
Daniela Zahn, Hélène Seiler, Yoav William Windsor, Ralph Ernstorfer
Quantitative knowledge of electron-phonon coupling is important for many applications as well as for the fundamental understanding of nonequilibrium relaxation processes. Time-resolved diffraction provides direct access to this knowledge through its sensitivity to laser-induced lattice dynamics. Here, we present an approach for analyzing time-resolved polycrystalline diffraction data. A two-step routine is used to minimize the number of time-dependent fit parameters. The lattice dynamics are extracted by finding the best fit to the full transient diffraction pattern rather than by analyzing transient changes of individual Debye-Scherrer rings. We apply this approach to platinum, an important component of novel photocatalytic and spintronic applications, for which a large variation of literature values exists for the electron-phonon coupling parameter . Based on the extracted evolution of the atomic mean squared displacement and using a two-temperature model, we obtain (statistical error). We find that at least up to an absorbed energy density of 124 J/cm3, is not fluence-dependent. Our results for the lattice dynamics of platinum provide insights into electron-phonon coupling and phonon thermalization and constitute a basis for quantitative descriptions of platinum-based heterostructures in nonequilibrium conditions.
电子-声子耦合的定量知识对于许多应用以及非平衡弛豫过程的基本理解都非常重要。时间分辨衍射法对激光诱导的晶格动力学非常敏感,因此可以直接获取这方面的知识。在此,我们介绍一种分析时间分辨多晶衍射数据的方法。该方法采用两步程序,最大限度地减少随时间变化的拟合参数数量。提取晶格动态的方法是找到与整个瞬态衍射图样的最佳拟合,而不是分析单个德拜-舍勒环的瞬态变化。铂是新型光催化和自旋电子应用的重要组成部分,其电子-声子耦合参数 G ep 的文献值存在很大差异。根据提取的原子均方位移演化并使用双温模型,我们得到了 G ep = ( 3.9 ± 0.2 ) × 10 17 W m 3 K(统计误差)。我们发现,至少在吸收能量密度达到 124 J/cm3 时,G ep 并不依赖于通量。我们对铂晶格动力学的研究结果提供了对电子-声子耦合和声子热化的见解,并为非平衡条件下铂基异质结构的定量描述奠定了基础。
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Pub Date : 2021-10-26eCollection Date: 2021-09-01DOI: 10.1063/4.0000129
Jonathan M Voss, Oliver F Harder, Pavel K Olshin, Marcel Drabbels, Ulrich J Lorenz
The dynamics of proteins that are associated with their function typically occur on the microsecond timescale, orders of magnitude faster than the time resolution of cryo-electron microscopy. We have recently introduced a novel approach to time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy that affords microsecond time resolution. It involves melting a cryo sample with a heating laser, so as to allow dynamics of the proteins to briefly occur in the liquid phase. When the laser is turned off, the sample rapidly revitrifies, trapping the particles in their transient configurations. Precise control of the temperature evolution of the sample is crucial for such an approach to succeed. Here, we provide a detailed characterization of the heat transfer occurring under laser irradiation as well as the associated phase behavior of the cryo sample. While areas close to the laser focus undergo melting and revitrification, surrounding regions crystallize. In situ observations of these phase changes therefore provide a convenient approach for assessing the temperature reached in each melting and revitrification experiment and for adjusting the heating laser power on the fly.
{"title":"Microsecond melting and revitrification of cryo samples.","authors":"Jonathan M Voss, Oliver F Harder, Pavel K Olshin, Marcel Drabbels, Ulrich J Lorenz","doi":"10.1063/4.0000129","DOIUrl":"10.1063/4.0000129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The dynamics of proteins that are associated with their function typically occur on the microsecond timescale, orders of magnitude faster than the time resolution of cryo-electron microscopy. We have recently introduced a novel approach to time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy that affords microsecond time resolution. It involves melting a cryo sample with a heating laser, so as to allow dynamics of the proteins to briefly occur in the liquid phase. When the laser is turned off, the sample rapidly revitrifies, trapping the particles in their transient configurations. Precise control of the temperature evolution of the sample is crucial for such an approach to succeed. Here, we provide a detailed characterization of the heat transfer occurring under laser irradiation as well as the associated phase behavior of the cryo sample. While areas close to the laser focus undergo melting and revitrification, surrounding regions crystallize. <i>In situ</i> observations of these phase changes therefore provide a convenient approach for assessing the temperature reached in each melting and revitrification experiment and for adjusting the heating laser power on the fly.</p>","PeriodicalId":48683,"journal":{"name":"Structural Dynamics-Us","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2021-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8550802/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39589457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dynamics of water and other small molecules confined in nanoporous materials is one of the current topics in condensed matter physics. One popular host material is a benzenedicarboxylate-bridging metal (III) complex abbreviated to MIL-53, whose chemical formula is M(OH)[C6H2(CO2)2R2] where M = Cr, Al, Fe and R = H, OH, NH2, COOH. These materials absorb not only water but also ammonia molecules. We have measured the quasi-elastic neutron scattering of MIL-53(Fe)-(COOH)2·2H2O and MIL-53(Fe)-(COOH)2·3NH3 which have full guest occupancy and exhibit the highest proton conductivity in the MIL-53 family. In a wide relaxation time region (τ = 10-12-10-8 s), two relaxations with Arrhenius temperature dependence were found in each sample. It is of interest that their activation energies are smaller than those of bulk H2O and NH3 liquids. The momentum transfer dependence of the relaxation time and the temperature dependence of the relaxation intensity suggest that the proton conduction is due to the Grotthuss mechanism with thermally excited H2O and NH3 molecules.
{"title":"Quasielastic neutron scattering study on proton dynamics assisted by water and ammonia molecules confined in MIL-53.","authors":"Satoshi Miyatsu, Maiko Kofu, Akihito Shigematsu, Teppei Yamada, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Wiebke Lohstroh, Giovanna Simeoni, Madhusudan Tyagi, Osamu Yamamuro","doi":"10.1063/4.0000122","DOIUrl":"10.1063/4.0000122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dynamics of water and other small molecules confined in nanoporous materials is one of the current topics in condensed matter physics. One popular host material is a benzenedicarboxylate-bridging metal (III) complex abbreviated to MIL-53, whose chemical formula is M(OH)[C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>2</sub>(CO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>R<sub>2</sub>] where M = Cr, Al, Fe and R = H, OH, NH<sub>2</sub>, COOH. These materials absorb not only water but also ammonia molecules. We have measured the quasi-elastic neutron scattering of MIL-53(Fe)-(COOH)<sub>2</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O and MIL-53(Fe)-(COOH)<sub>2</sub>·3NH<sub>3</sub> which have full guest occupancy and exhibit the highest proton conductivity in the MIL-53 family. In a wide relaxation time region (<i>τ</i> = 10<sup>-12</sup>-10<sup>-8</sup> s), two relaxations with Arrhenius temperature dependence were found in each sample. It is of interest that their activation energies are smaller than those of bulk H<sub>2</sub>O and NH<sub>3</sub> liquids. The momentum transfer dependence of the relaxation time and the temperature dependence of the relaxation intensity suggest that the proton conduction is due to the Grotthuss mechanism with thermally excited H<sub>2</sub>O and NH<sub>3</sub> molecules.</p>","PeriodicalId":48683,"journal":{"name":"Structural Dynamics-Us","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2021-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8514252/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39527178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A systemic investigation of the terahertz (THz) transmission of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 film on the (001)-oriented NdGaO3 substrate under external magnetic field and low temperature have been performed. The significant THz absorption difference between the out-of-plane and the in-plane magnetic field direction is observed, which is consistent with the electrical transport measurement using the standard four-probe technique. Furthermore, we find that the complex THz conductivities can be reproduced in terms of the Drude Smith equation as the magnetic field is perpendicular to the film plane, whereas it deviates from this model when the in-plane magnetic field is applied. We suggest that such anisotropies in THz transport dynamics have close correspondences with the phase separation and anisotropic magnetoresistance effects in the perovskite-structured manganites. Our work demonstrates that the THz time-domain spectroscopy (TDS) can be an effective non-contact method for studying the magneto-transport properties of the perovskite-structured manganites.
{"title":"Anisotropic terahertz transmission induced by the external magnetic field in La<sub>0.67</sub>Ca<sub>0.33</sub>MnO<sub>3</sub> film.","authors":"Hongying Mei, Peng Zhang, Shile Zhang, Ruxian Yao, Haizi Yao, Feng Chen, Zhenyou Wang, Fuhai Su","doi":"10.1063/4.0000123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/4.0000123","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A systemic investigation of the terahertz (THz) transmission of La<sub>0.67</sub>Ca<sub>0.33</sub>MnO<sub>3</sub> film on the (001)-oriented NdGaO<sub>3</sub> substrate under external magnetic field and low temperature have been performed. The significant THz absorption difference between the out-of-plane and the in-plane magnetic field direction is observed, which is consistent with the electrical transport measurement using the standard four-probe technique. Furthermore, we find that the complex THz conductivities can be reproduced in terms of the Drude Smith equation as the magnetic field is perpendicular to the film plane, whereas it deviates from this model when the in-plane magnetic field is applied. We suggest that such anisotropies in THz transport dynamics have close correspondences with the phase separation and anisotropic magnetoresistance effects in the perovskite-structured manganites. Our work demonstrates that the THz time-domain spectroscopy (TDS) can be an effective non-contact method for studying the magneto-transport properties of the perovskite-structured manganites.</p>","PeriodicalId":48683,"journal":{"name":"Structural Dynamics-Us","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2021-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8494497/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39504298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-14eCollection Date: 2021-09-01DOI: 10.1063/4.0000124
V S Sandeep Inakollu, Haibo Yu
Here we report the vibrational spectra of deprotonated serine calculated from the classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and thermostated ring-polymer molecular dynamics (TRPMD) simulation with third-order density-functional tight-binding. In our earlier study [Inakollu and Yu, "A systematic benchmarking of computational vibrational spectroscopy with DFTB3: Normal mode analysis and fast Fourier transform dipole autocorrelation function," J. Comput. Chem. 39, 2067 (2018)] of deprotonated serine, we observed a significant difference in the vibrational spectra with the classical MD simulations compared to the infrared multiple photon dissociation spectra. It was postulated that this is due to neglecting the nuclear quantum effects (NQEs). In this work, NQEs are considered in spectral calculation using the TRPMD simulations. With the help of potential of mean force calculations, the conformational space of deprotonated serine is analyzed and used to understand the difference in the spectra of classical MD and TRPMD simulations at 298.15 and 100 K. The high-frequency vibrational bands in the spectra are characterized using Fourier transform localized vibrational mode (FT-νN AC) and interatomic distance histograms. At room temperature, the quantum effects are less significant, and the free energy profiles in the classical MD and the TRPMD simulations are very similar. However, the hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl-carboxyl bond is slightly stronger in TRPMD simulations. At 100 K, the quantum effects are more prominent, especially in the 2600-3600 cm-1, and the free energy profile slightly differs between the classical MD and TRPMD simulations. Using the FT-νN AC and the interatomic distance histograms, the high-frequency vibrational bands are discussed in detail.
在此,我们报告了通过经典分子动力学(MD)模拟和三阶密度泛函紧密结合的恒温环聚合物分子动力学(TRPMD)模拟计算出的去质子化丝氨酸的振动光谱。在我们早期的研究 [Inakollu and Yu, "A systematic benchmarking of computational vibrational spectroscopy with DFTB3: Normal mode analysis and fast Fourier transform dipole autocorrelation function," J. Comput.Chem.39, 2067 (2018)],我们观察到经典 MD 模拟的振动光谱与红外多光子解离光谱存在显著差异。据推测,这是由于忽略了核量子效应(NQEs)。在这项工作中,利用 TRPMD 模拟在光谱计算中考虑了核量子效应。在平均力势计算的帮助下,分析了去质子化丝氨酸的构象空间,并用它来理解经典 MD 模拟和 TRPMD 模拟在 298.15 和 100 K 时的光谱差异。在室温下,量子效应并不显著,经典 MD 模拟和 TRPMD 模拟的自由能曲线非常相似。然而,在 TRPMD 模拟中,羟基-羧基键之间的氢键稍强。在 100 K 时,量子效应更加突出,尤其是在 2600-3600 cm-1 处,经典 MD 模拟和 TRPMD 模拟的自由能曲线略有不同。利用 FT-νN AC 和原子间距离直方图,详细讨论了高频振动带。
{"title":"Comparative studies of IR spectra of deprotonated serine with classical and thermostated ring polymer molecular dynamics simulations.","authors":"V S Sandeep Inakollu, Haibo Yu","doi":"10.1063/4.0000124","DOIUrl":"10.1063/4.0000124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Here we report the vibrational spectra of deprotonated serine calculated from the classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and thermostated ring-polymer molecular dynamics (TRPMD) simulation with third-order density-functional tight-binding. In our earlier study [Inakollu and Yu, \"A systematic benchmarking of computational vibrational spectroscopy with DFTB3: Normal mode analysis and fast Fourier transform dipole autocorrelation function,\" J. Comput. Chem. <b>39</b>, 2067 (2018)] of deprotonated serine, we observed a significant difference in the vibrational spectra with the classical MD simulations compared to the infrared multiple photon dissociation spectra. It was postulated that this is due to neglecting the nuclear quantum effects (NQEs). In this work, NQEs are considered in spectral calculation using the TRPMD simulations. With the help of potential of mean force calculations, the conformational space of deprotonated serine is analyzed and used to understand the difference in the spectra of classical MD and TRPMD simulations at 298.15 and 100 K. The high-frequency vibrational bands in the spectra are characterized using Fourier transform localized vibrational mode (FT-<i>ν<sub>N</sub></i> AC) and interatomic distance histograms. At room temperature, the quantum effects are less significant, and the free energy profiles in the classical MD and the TRPMD simulations are very similar. However, the hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl-carboxyl bond is slightly stronger in TRPMD simulations. At 100 K, the quantum effects are more prominent, especially in the 2600-3600 cm<sup>-1</sup>, and the free energy profile slightly differs between the classical MD and TRPMD simulations. Using the FT-<i>ν<sub>N</sub></i> AC and the interatomic distance histograms, the high-frequency vibrational bands are discussed in detail.</p>","PeriodicalId":48683,"journal":{"name":"Structural Dynamics-Us","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8443303/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39458901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-14eCollection Date: 2021-09-01DOI: 10.1063/4.0000111
Shengkai Zhang, Jingjing Han, Xiang Luo, Zhixin Wang, Xudong Gu, Na Li, Nicolas R de Souza, Victoria Garcia Sakai, Xiang-Qiang Chu
Recent research indicates that graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets can be used to regulate ice formation by controlling critical ice nucleus growth in water at supercooling temperatures. In addition, the study of ice formation mechanisms regulated by GO nanosheets, a good model system for antifreeze proteins (AFPs), will shed light on how AFPs regulate ice formation in nature. In this work, time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering (TR-SAXS) and quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) experiments were carried out to investigate the structural and dynamical mechanisms of ice formation regulated by GO nanosheets. Strikingly, a transient intermediate state was observed in TR-SAXS experiments that only exists in the aqueous dispersions with a larger GO size (11 nm). This serves as evidence that the size of GO is critical for regulating ice formation. Elastic neutron scattering results indicate that ice is formed in all samples and thermal hysteresis occurs in GO aqueous dispersions in both H2O and D2O. The structural and dynamics information about water molecules in GO, extracted from QENS, reveals different dynamical behaviors of water molecules in GO aqueous dispersions when approaching the ice formation temperature.
{"title":"Investigations of structural and dynamical mechanisms of ice formation regulated by graphene oxide nanosheets.","authors":"Shengkai Zhang, Jingjing Han, Xiang Luo, Zhixin Wang, Xudong Gu, Na Li, Nicolas R de Souza, Victoria Garcia Sakai, Xiang-Qiang Chu","doi":"10.1063/4.0000111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/4.0000111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research indicates that graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets can be used to regulate ice formation by controlling critical ice nucleus growth in water at supercooling temperatures. In addition, the study of ice formation mechanisms regulated by GO nanosheets, a good model system for antifreeze proteins (AFPs), will shed light on how AFPs regulate ice formation in nature. In this work, time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering (TR-SAXS) and quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) experiments were carried out to investigate the structural and dynamical mechanisms of ice formation regulated by GO nanosheets. Strikingly, a transient intermediate state was observed in TR-SAXS experiments that only exists in the aqueous dispersions with a larger GO size (11 nm). This serves as evidence that the size of GO is critical for regulating ice formation. Elastic neutron scattering results indicate that ice is formed in all samples and thermal hysteresis occurs in GO aqueous dispersions in both H<sub>2</sub>O and D<sub>2</sub>O. The structural and dynamics information about water molecules in GO, extracted from QENS, reveals different dynamical behaviors of water molecules in GO aqueous dispersions when approaching the ice formation temperature.</p>","PeriodicalId":48683,"journal":{"name":"Structural Dynamics-Us","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2021-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8443304/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39438364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}