Revealing Hidden Dynamics of Hydrogel-Based Desalination with

Huijing Zou, Chengtong Zhang, Florin Teleanu, Amir Jangizehi, Sebastian Seiffert, Alexej Jerschow

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces, 2026. 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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Huijing ZouDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York 10003, New York, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9274-7685

Chengtong ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York 10003, New York, United States.

Florin TeleanuDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York 10003, New York, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3845-0974

Amir JangizehiDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, D-55128 Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3829-4027

Sebastian SeiffertDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, D-55128 Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5152-1207

Alexej JerschowDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York 10003, New York, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-9219

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Abstract

Today's fast-progressing water scarcity demands new energy-efficient water desalination technologies. Polyelectrolyte hydrogels are promising materials for this application as they can absorb water from saline solutions and reject salts. This process relies on the electrostatic imbalance between the charged groups in the hydrogel and the surrounding solution. However, current state-of-the-art methods for assessing desalination performance are primarily based on ionic conductivity measurements, which lack phase specificity, atomic-level insight, or spatial resolution, limiting research into the underlying microscopic mechanisms. We investigated salt-ion interactions in sodium polyacrylate hydrogels using

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PMID42344515

DOI10.1021/acs.jpcc.6c02171

PMCPMC13288675

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