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...

Chen, P.; Zhu, Y.; Bergman, R.; Xue, S.; Zhao, Y.; LaVerne, J.; Guo, X.; Pearce, C. I.; Wang, Z.; Chen, T.; Rosso, K.; Zhang, X. Effects of Ionizing Radiation on the Thermodynamic Stability of Boehmite and Gibbsite. J. Phys. Chem. C . 2024. 128(8), 3578-3587. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c08456 We...

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...

Zhao, Y.; Q. Guo; S. Xue; P. Chen; Q. Zhao; L. Liu; H. Hlushko; J. LaVerne; C. Pearce; A. Miao; Z. Wang; K. M. Rosso; X. Zhang. Effect of Adsorbed Carboxylates on the Dissolution of Boehmite Nanoplates in Highly Alkaline Solutions. ES&T . 2024. 58(4): 2017-2026. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c06595...

Lambros, E.; B. Link; M. Chow; S. Hammes-Schiffer; X. Li. Solvent Induced Proton Polarization within the Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Framework. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023. 14(12), 2990-2995. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00471 To explicitly account for nuclear quantum effects and solvent environments in...

Graham, T. R.; Nienhuis, E. T.; Reynolds, J. G.; Marcial, J.; Loring, J. S.; Rosso, K. M.; Pearce, C. I. Sodium site occupancy and phosphate speciation in Natrophosphate are invariant to changes in NaF and Na3PO4 concentration. Inorg. Chem. Front . 2022. 9(19), 4864-4875. DOI: 10.1039/d2qi00868h...

Ho, T. A.; Rosso, K. M.; Criscenti, L. J. Atomistic Mismatch Defines Energy−Structure Relationships during Oriented Attachment of Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022 . 13, 9339-9347. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02511 Oriented attachment is an important crystal growth pathway in nature and has...

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...

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...

Pope, D. J., Prange, M. P., Clark, A. E., Rosso, K. M. Magnetic Contributions to Corundum-Eskolaite and Corundum-Hematite Phase Equilibria: a DFT Cluster Expansion Study. Am. Min . 2022. 108(6), 1109-1116. DOI: 10.2138/am-2022-8584 Magnetic contributions have the potential to significantly influence...

Zhao, Y.; P. Chen; X. Wang; H. Hlushko; J. A. LaVerne; L. Liu; C. I. Pearce; Z. Wang; K. M. Rosso; X. Zhang. Effect of 60CO Irradiation on Boehmite Dissolution in Caustic Solutions. Environ. Sci. Tech . 2024. 58(49), 21760-21769. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c07544 Here, we examine how radiation impacts...

Lambros, E., B. Link, M. Chow, F. Lipparini, S. Hammes-Schiffer, X. Li. Assessing Implicit and Explicit Polarizable Solvation Models for Nuclear–Electronic Orbital Systems: Quantum Proton Polarization and Solvation Energetics. J. Phys. Chem. A . 2023. 127(44) 9322-9333. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03153...

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...

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...