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most citedDirect Quantification of Water Surface Charge by Phase-Sensitive Second Harmonic Spectroscopy

61 citations · 68 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

physics.chem-ph2025

Reevaluating Anomalous Electric Fields at the Air-Water Interface: A Surface-Specific Spectroscopic Survey

Joseph C. Shirley, Zi Xuan Ng, Kuo-Yang Chiang +4

The notion that large electric fields at the air-water interface catalyze spontaneous chemical reactions has sparked significant debate, with far reaching implications for atmosphe…

physics.chem-ph2023★ 4 cited

Interfaces Govern Structure of Angstrom-scale Confined Water

Yongkang Wang, Fujie Tang, Xiaoqing Yu +6

Water plays a crucial role in geological, biological, and technological processes. Nanoscale water confinement occurs in many of these settings, including sedimentary rocks, water…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 2 cited

The Surface of Electrolyte Solutions is Stratified

Yair Litman, Kuo-Yang Chiang, Takakazu Seki +2

The distribution of ions at the air/water interface plays a decisive role in many natural processes. It is generally understood that polarizable ions with low charge density are su…

physics.chem-ph2019★ 1 cited

Intrinsic pH of water/vapor interface revealed by ion-induced water alignment

Kuo-Yang Chiang, Laetitia Dalstein, Yu-Chieh Wen

Protons at the water/vapor interface are relevant for atmospheric and environmental processes, yet to characterize their surface affinity on the quantitative level is still challen…

physics.chem-ph2019★ 61 cited

Direct Quantification of Water Surface Charge by Phase-Sensitive Second Harmonic Spectroscopy

Laetitia Dalstein, Kuo-Yang Chiang, Yu-Chieh Wen

We develop and verify a phase-sensitive second harmonic generation spectroscopic scheme that allows for direct determination of the absolute surface charge density and surface pote…