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20172026
most citedFinite electric displacement simulations of polar ionic solid-electrolyte interfaces: Application to NaCl(111)/aqueous NaCl solution

30 citations · 153 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

physics.chem-ph2026

Molecular interpretability of the bulk electrochemical impedance of concentrated electrolytes

Connie J. Fairchild, Stephen J. Cox, Benjamin Rotenberg +1

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is a widely used technique to understand time-dependent response and relaxation under applied voltage. While these spectra contain a we…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 9 cited

Trion formation resolves observed peak shifts in the optical spectra of transition metal dichalcogenides

Thomas Sayer, Yusef R. Farah, Rachelle Austin +3

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have the potential to unlock novel photonic and chemical technologies if their optoelectronic properties can be understood and con…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 25 cited

Hot carrier extraction from 2D semiconductor photoelectrodes

Rachelle Austin, Yusef Farah, Thomas Sayer +4

Hot carrier-based energy conversion systems could double the efficiency of conventional solar energy technology or drive photochemical reactions that would not be possible using fu…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 16 cited

Compact and complete description of non-Markovian dynamics

Thomas Sayer, Andrés Montoya-Castillo

Generalized master equations provide a theoretically rigorous framework to capture the dynamics of processes ranging from energy harvesting in plants and photovoltaic devices, to q…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 16 cited

Macroscopic surface charges from microscopic simulations

Thomas Sayer, Stephen J. Cox

Attaining accurate average structural properties in a molecular simulation should be considered a prerequisite if one aims to elicit meaningful insights into a system's behavior. F…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 29 cited

Stabilization of AgI's polar surfaces by the aqueous environment, and its implications for ice formation

Thomas Sayer, Stephen J. Cox

Silver iodide is one of the most potent inorganic ice nucleating particles known, a feature generally attributed to the excellent lattice match between its basal Ag-(0001) and I-(0…

physics.chem-ph2018★ 30 cited

Finite electric displacement simulations of polar ionic solid-electrolyte interfaces: Application to NaCl(111)/aqueous NaCl solution

Thomas Sayer, Michiel Sprik, Chao Zhang

Tasker type III polar terminations of ionic crystals carry a net surface charge as well as a dipole moment and are fundamentally unstable. In contact with electrolytes, such polar…

physics.chem-ph2017★ 28 cited

Charge compensation at the interface between the polar NaCl(111) surface and a NaCl aqueous solution

Thomas Sayer, Chao Zhang, Michiel Sprik

Periodic supercell models of electric double layers formed at the interface between a charged surface and an electrolyte are subject to serious finite size errors and require certa…