High Resolution Imaging, Spectroscopy and Nuclear Quantum Effects of Interfacial Water

This thesis presents a series of experimental techniques based on scanning probe microscopy, which make it possible access the degree of freedom of protons both in real and energy space. These novel techniques and methods allow direct visualization of the concerted quantum tunneling of protons within the hydrogen-bonded network and quantification of the quantum component of a single hydrogen bond at a water-solid interface for the first time. Furthermore, the thesis demonstrates that the anharmonic quantum fluctuations of hydrogen nuclei further weaken the weak hydrogen bonds and strengthen the strong ones. However, this trend was reversed when the hydrogen bond coupled to the local environment. These pioneering findings substantially advance our understanding of the quantum nature of H bonds at the molecular level.

List of contents

Introduction.- Submolecular resolution imaging of interfacial water.- Vibrational spectroscopy of interfacial water.- Nuclear quantum effects of interfacial water.- Summary and outlook.

About the author

Jing Guo grew up in Henan Province, China and received her B.S. in Physics from Lanzhou University, China in 2011. Under the supervision of Prof. Ying Jiang, she obtained her Ph.D. from the School of Physics, Peking University in July 2016. Subsequently, she became a postdoc fellow in the same group and continued to investigate the structure and dynamics of interfacial ice on various substrates.

Product details

• Authors: Jing Guo
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9789811316623
• ISBN: 978-981-1316-62-3
• No. of pages: 115
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 321 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 115 p. 49 illus., 48 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Theses; Springer Theses
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Physical chemistry; B, Microscopy, spectroscopy, Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy, Physical Chemistry, Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Interfaces (Physical sciences), Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films, Surface and Interface and Thin Film, Thin films, Surfaces (Physics), Atomic structure, Molecular structure, Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra, Atomic and Molecular Structure and Properties