Open AccessAnion Specific Effects at Negatively Charged Interfaces: Influence of Cl–, Br–, I–, and SCN– on the Interactions of Na+ with the Carboxylic Acid Moiety
Author(s) -
Adrien Sthoer,
Eric Tyrode
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of physical chemistry. b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1520-6106
pISSN - 1520-5207
DOI - 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c07758
Subject(s) - monolayer , chemistry , ion , deprotonation , polarizability , counterion , crystallography , carboxylic acid , inorganic chemistry , stereochemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , biochemistry
Unlike counterion interactions with charged interfaces, the influence of co-ions is only scarcely reported in the literature. In this work, the effect of SCN - and the halide co-ions in the interactions of Na + with carboxylic acid Langmuir monolayers is investigated by using vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy. At 1 M concentrations in the subphase, the identity of the anion is shown to have a remarkable influence on the charging behavior and degree of deprotonation of the monolayer, with ions ordering in the sequence I - > SCN - > Cl - ≈ Br - . The same trend is observed at both pH 6 and pH 9 when the monolayer is intrinsically more charged. Spectroscopic evidence is found for both the presence of I - and SCN - in the interfacial region at levels close to their detection limits. The results contradict electrostatic theories on charged interfaces where co-ions are not expected to play any significant role. The higher propensity for the large polarizable anions to deprotonate the monolayer is explained in terms of their ability to modify the cations affinity toward the carboxylic acid groups present at the surface.