Metastable Vapor in a Janus Nanoconfinement

Jabes, B. Shadrack; Driskill, Joshua; Vanzo, Davide; Bratko, Dusan; Luzar, Alenka

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02147

Metastable Vapor in a Janus Nanoconfinement

Journal Article · Wed Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02147· OSTI ID:1480468

Jabes, B. Shadrack ^[1]; Driskill, Joshua ^[1]; Vanzo, Davide ^[1]; Bratko, Dusan ^[1]; ^[1]

Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284, United States

We study the competition between liquid and vapor states of water confined between diametrically different surfaces, one hydrophilic and the other strongly hydrophobic (Janus interface). Using atomistic simulations and a generalization of the capillarity approximation, we demonstrate that vapor bubbles can persist in the confinement in long-lived metastable states. In contrast to the well-known metastability of confined liquid with respect to capillary evaporation, a strongly metastable vapor phase has so far not been anticipated, as infiltration does not involve the formation of new liquid–vapor interfaces. In the case of a Janus interface, however, we show that the interfacial free energy passes through a pronounced maximum during infiltration. This counterintuitive phenomenon provides a new mechanism for water-mediated attraction (capillary force) between polar and nonpolar surfaces in biophysical systems and in dispersions of heterogeneous nanoparticles.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; SC0004406

OSTI ID:: 1480468

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1525960

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 121; ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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