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ArticleNature communications2025

Interfaces govern the structure of angstrom-scale confined water solutions.

Yongkang Wang, Fujie Tang, Xiaoqing Yu, Kuo-Yang Chiang, Chun-Chieh Yu, Tatsuhiko Ohto, Yunfei Chen, Yuki Nagata, Mischa Bonn

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Yongkang Wang *Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-4246-024X
Fujie Tang *Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9761-5359
Xiaoqing YuMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany.
Kuo-Yang ChiangMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5446-0270
Chun-Chieh YuMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3112-5215
Tatsuhiko OhtoGraduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8681-3800
Yunfei ChenSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-868X
Yuki NagataMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany. nagata@mpip-mainz.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9727-6641
Mischa BonnMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany. bonn@mpip-mainz.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6851-8453

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoconfinement of aqueous electrolytes is ubiquitous in geological, biological, and technological contexts, including sedimentary rocks, water channel proteins, and applications like desalination and water purification membranes. The structure and properties of water in nanoconfinement can differ significantly from bulk water, exhibiting, for instance, modified hydrogen bonds, altered dielectric constant, and distinct phase transitions. Despite the importance of nanoconfined water, experimentally elucidating the nanoconfinement effects on water, such as its orientation and hydrogen bond (H-bond) network, has remained challenging. Here, we study two-dimensionally nanoconfined aqueous electrolyte solutions with tunable confinement from nanoscale to angstrom-scale sandwiched between a graphene sheet and calcium fluoride (CaF

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