Congratulations to Ezra Marker for winning a top poster presentation prize at the Interfaces for Energy and the Environment Conference! Their work was on operando vibrational SFG spectroscopy of nickel electrodes.
News
New JACS paper on multiple branching pathways in pinene autoxidation
Congratulations to recently minted Dr. Melissa Meder’s lead-author paper on employing autoxidation studies on selectively deuterated alpha-pinene to reveal the importance of multiple branching pathways.
Amani’s and Nicole’s hydrothermal “Blueprint” paper out in JACS
Congratulations to Amani and Nicole, whose paper on the total potential and interfacial structure at silica:water interfaces under hydrothermal conditions was just accepted at JACS – it’s also a blueprint for how to build a phase-resolved SHG spectrometer for under $50k!
Our hematite water oxidation work with PNNL and ANL now out at Nature Communications
We’re on a roll: this is our second e-chem paper, this time on nanolayer hematite semiconductor anodes, showing that water flipping appears to be applicable to more materials classes than just metals – it also makes an important step towards elucidating causality in catalytic efficiency and the net work associated with water flipping.
Raiden and Ezra’s Science Advances paper on water flipping published
Congratulations to Raiden and Ezra, who’s water flipping over nickel nanolayers electrodes just got published in Science Advances – well done, and well worth the long haul!
Congratulations to Raiden being voted co-Chair of the 2027 Chemical Reactions at Surfaces GRS
Raiden Speelman will co-chair the 2027 Chemical Reactions at Surfaces GRCS in Il Ciocco, Italy – strada da percorrere, Raiden!!
Our first e-chem/SHG/SFG paper is now in press at Science Advances
Congratulations to Raiden and Ezra on their first e-chem/SHG/SFG paper, which is now in press at Science Advances. Link to paper coming soon.
Dark O2 Production at the Abyssal Sea Floor out in Nature Geoscience
Lead author Professor Andrew Sweetman and an international team of scientists report on dark oxygen production at the abyssal sea floor. Please direct press requests to Amanda Morris from NU Media Relations: amandamo@northwestern.edu Photo Credit Camille Bridgewater (2024)
Perspective on Geochemistry in Nature Communications
Our team-writing effort on providing a Perspective on Geochemistry is out in Nature Communications – enjoy the read!
New JPC Paper on PFOAs at Mineral:Water Interfaces Quantifies Surface Potential and Counts Stern Layer Water Molecules
Our new JPC A paper counts Stern layer water molecules and quantifies total surface potentials for silica:water interfaces in contact with various alkali earth chlorides and the monovalent surfactants CTAB, PFOA, and PFOS.