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Zhao X.; Rangel Guillen, T.; Graham, T. R.; Chen, P.; Zhao, Y.; Mergelsberg, S. T.; Zhu, Z.; Wang, Z.; Rosso, K. M.; Guo, X.; Zhang, X.; Incorporation of rare earth elements Sc, Y and La into gibbsite. J. Chem. Eng . 2024. 485:149809. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.149809 Rare earth elements (REE) are...

Wei, Y.; E. T. Nienhuis; S. T. Mergelsberg; T. R. Graham; Q. Guo, G. K. Schenter; C. I. Pearce; A.E. Clark. Cation Coordination Polyhedra Lead to Multiple Lengthscale Organization in Aqueous Electrolytes. Chem. Commun . 2023. 59 (69), 10400-10403. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02416D Understanding multiple...

Graham, T. R.; Hu, J. Z.; Jaegers, N. R.; Zhang, Xin; Pearce, C. I.; Rosso, K. M. An amorphous sodium aluminate hydrate phase mediates coordination change in highly alkaline sodium hydroxide solutions. Inorg. Chem. Front . 2022. 9(24), 6344-6357. DOI: 10.1039/D2QI01642G Aluminum (Al) transformations...

Hlushko H.; Ramos-Ballesteros, A.; Chen, P.; Zhang, X.; Rosso, K. M.; Pearce, C. I., LaVerne, J. A. Effect of impurities on radical formation in gibbsite radiolysis. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2024, 26(13), 9867-9870. DOI: 10.1039/d3cp06305d The generation and stabilization of gamma radiation-induced...

Liu, Wei; Pouvreau, Maxime; Stack, Andrew; Yang, Xiaoning; Clark, Aurora E. Concentration Dependent Interfacial Chemistry of the NaOH(aq): Gibbsite Interface. PCCP . 2022. 24(35), 20988-21008. DOI: 10.1039/D2CP01997C Caustic conditions are often employed for dissolution of a wide variety of minerals...

Lee, J., E. Nakouzi, J. Heo, B. A. Legg, G. K. Schenter, D. Li, C. Park, H. Ma, J. Chun. Effects of particle shape and surface roughness on van der Waals interactions and coupling to dynamics in nanocrystals. J. Colloid Interface Sci . 2023. 652,1974-1983. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.160 The van der...

Chen, Q.; X. Zhang. Nanoparticle Self-Assemblies with Modern Complexity. MRS Bulletin , 2024, 49, 310-318. DOI: 10.1557/s43577-024-00700-1 Thanks to decades of tireless efforts, nanoparticle assemblies have reached an extremely high level of controllability, sophistication, and complexity, with new...

Smith, W.; Pouvreau, M.; Rosso, K.; Clark, A.E. pH Dependent Reactivity of Boehmite Surfaces from First-Principles Molecular Dynamics. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys . 2022. 24(23), 14177-14186. DOI: 10.1039/D2CP00534D pH dependent interfacial chemistry depends upon the distribution and respective pKa...

Liu, T.; Nikhil, R.; Nakouzi, E.; Legg, B. A.; Chun, J.; Liu, L.; Schenter, G. K.; De Yoreo, J. J.; Anovitz, L. M.; Stack, A. G. Molecular Mechanisms of Sorbed ion Effects During Boehmite Particle Aggregation. Langmuir . 2024, 40(17), 8791-8805. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03532 Classical theories...

Pouvreau, M.; Q. Guo, H.-W. Wang, G.K. Schenter, C. I. Pearce, A. E. Clark, K. M. Rosso. An Efficient Reactive Force Field without Explicit Coordination Dependence for Studying Caustic Aluminum Chemistry. J. Phys. Chem. Lett . 2023. 14, 6743-6748. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01176 Reactive force...

Reynolds, J. G.; Nienhuis, E. T.; Mergelsberg, S. T.; Pearce, C. I.; Rosso, K. M. The Apparent Reversal of the Law of Mass Action in Concentrated Multicomponent Aqueous Solutions. J Mol Liq . 2023. 377, 121470. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121470 Although it is well known that aqueous electrolyte...

Riechers, S. L.; X. Zhang; J. A. LaVerne, K. M. Rosso. Direct Measurement of Mineral Dissolution Enhanced by X-ray Irradiation. J Phys. Chem . C. 2023. 127 (36), 17694-17699. DOI: 10.1021acs.jpcc.3c02817 Developing a predictive understanding of mineral-phase stability in extreme chemical conditions...

Felsted, R. G.; Graham, T. R.; Zhao, Y.; Bazak, J. D.; Nienhuis, E.; Pauzauskie, P.; Joly, A; Pearce, C.; Wang, Z.; Rosso, K. Anionic effects on concentrated aqueous lithium ion dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. Lett . 2024, 15, 5076-5087. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00585 The dynamics, orientational...

Liu, L.; B. A. Legg, W. Smith, L. M. Anovitz, X. Zhang, R. Harper, C. I. Pearce, K. M. Rosso, A. G. Stack, M. Bleuel, D. F. R. Mildner, G. K. Schenter, A. E. Clark, J. J. De Yoreo, J. Chun, E. Nakouzi. Predicting Outcomes of Nanoparticle Attachment by Connecting Atomistic, Interfacial, Particle, and...