The interfacial structure of water droplets in a hydrophobic liquid

Nikolay Smolentsev; Wilbert J. Smit; Huib J. Bakker; Sylvie Roke

doi:10.1038/ncomms15548

Nature Communications (May 2017)

The interfacial structure of water droplets in a hydrophobic liquid

Nikolay Smolentsev,
Wilbert J. Smit,
Huib J. Bakker,
Sylvie Roke

Affiliations

Nikolay Smolentsev: Laboratory for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), and Institute of Materials Science (IMX), School of Engineering (STI), and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Wilbert J. Smit: AMOLF
Huib J. Bakker: AMOLF
Sylvie Roke: Laboratory for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), and Institute of Materials Science (IMX), School of Engineering (STI), and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15548
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Nanoscopic water droplets in a hydrophobic liquid are abundant in the earth, our bodies and the sky. Here, it is shown that the surface of such a droplet has stronger hydrogen bonds than a planar interface of water and a hydrophobic liquid, equivalent to a 50 K reduction of the surface temperature.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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