Molecular-scale hydrophilicity induced by solute: Molecular-thick charged pancakes of aqueous salt solution on hydrophobic carbon-based surfaces

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shi, Guosheng ^a   Shen, Yue ^a,b   Liu, Jian ^a,c   Wang, Chunlei ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Song, Bo ^a   Hu, Jun ^a   Fang, Haiping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84937256424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06793     Document Type: Article

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