Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Real-time observation of cation exchange kinetics and dynamics at the muscovite-water interface

  • Sang Soo Lee,
  • Paul Fenter,
  • Kathryn L. Nagy,
  • Neil C. Sturchio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15826
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Ion exchange at charged mineral-water interfaces is an important geochemical process, but a molecular-level understanding is still required. Here, the authors probe real-time variations of the interfacial ion exchange dynamics at the muscovite-water interface, providing a general picture of adsorbed ion coverage and speciation.