Interfacial layer effects on surface capacitances and electro-osmosis in electrolytes
Author(s) -
Douwe Jan Bonthuis,
Yuki Uematsu,
Roland R. Netz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society a mathematical physical and engineering sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074
H-Index - 169
eISSN - 1471-2962
pISSN - 1364-503X
DOI - 10.1098/rsta.2015.0033
Subject(s) - electrokinetic phenomena , capacitance , materials science , electrolyte , viscosity , debye length , layer (electronics) , debye , dielectric , surface charge , chemical physics , thermodynamics , composite material , condensed matter physics , chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , ion , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , electrode
Many properties of the interfacial layer of water at surfaces differ significantly from those of bulk water. The consequences are most significant for the double-layer capacitance and the electrokinetic properties. We model the interfacial hydration layer by a modified dielectric constant and a modified local viscosity over a single interfacial width. Analytic expressions in the low-charge Debye–Hückel approximation are derived and shown to describe experimental surface capacitance and electro-osmotic data in a unified framework.
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