Episode 23: Interfacial effects dominate 2D water structure until angstrom-level confinement

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This episode features an interview about research on nanoconfined water and the effects of interfacial interactions on water structure.

In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Laura Leay interviews Mischa Bonn, director of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany and Dr. Yongkang Wang, group leader affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research as well as Southeast University in Nanjing, China about their research on nanoconfined water. The researchers determined that interfacial rather than nanoconfinement effects govern water structure at the eight Ångstrom level. At five Ångstroms, nanoconfin...

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Host: Laura Leay

Guests: Mischa Bonn, Yongkang Wang

Topics covered

• nanoconfined water
• interfacial effects
• water structure
• angstrom-level confinement
• polymer research

Keywords

• nanoconfined water
• interfacial effects
• water structure
• angstrom-level
• polymer research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Southeast University

Places: Germany, Nanjing, China

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