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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Mineral dissolution by dimeric complexes.

Xiaoxu Li, Qing Guo, Yatong Zhao, Chang Qian, Maxime Pouvreau, Trent R Graham, Ping Chen, Lili Liu, Chang Liu, Benjamin A Legg and 8 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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18 authors.

Xiaoxu Li *Physical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.ORCID 0000-0002-9076-3057
Qing Guo *Department of Chemistry, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
Yatong Zhao *Physical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.
Chang QianDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Research Laboratory, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
Maxime PouvreauPhysical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.ORCID 0000-0002-9015-5086
Trent R GrahamPhysical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.
Ping ChenPhysical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.
Lili LiuPhysical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.ORCID 0000-0002-9595-4303
Chang LiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Research Laboratory, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
Benjamin A LeggPhysical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.
Qian ChenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Research Laboratory, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
Aijun MiaoState Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210023, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7681-2038
Zheming WangPhysical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.ORCID 0000-0002-1986-4357
James J De YoreoPhysical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.
Carolyn I PearceEnergy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.
Aurora E ClarkPhysical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.
Kevin M RossoPhysical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.ORCID 0000-0002-8474-7720
Xin ZhangPhysical & Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354.ORCID 0000-0003-2000-858X

Funding

DOE | SC | Basic Energy Sciences (BES) 68932
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mineral dissolution is typically thought to occur by the detachment of monomeric building blocks of the crystal structure, although direct evidence is rare. Using in situ high-speed atomic force microscopy to examine step-edge retreat dynamics at high resolution, we report that the dissolution of gibbsite in alkaline solutions occurs mainly by the release of aluminate dimers, which subsequently dissociate into the monomeric species that dominate the solution. The observed dissolution anisotropy is readily explained by this mechanism, which was further supported by density functional tight-binding simulations of detachment activation energies. Recognition that such polynuclear dissolution mechanisms exist may enable an improved understanding of processes regulating mineral dissolution rates in nature and industry.

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atomic force microscopydensity functional tight-binding simulationsmachine learningmineral dissolution

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PMID41052339
PMCPMC12541406

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