Abstract
Dielectric permittivity is central to many biological and physiochemical systems, as it affects the long-range electrostatic interactions. Similar to many fluid properties, confinement greatly alters the dielectric response of polar liquids. Many studies have focused on the reduction of the dielectric response of water under confinement. Here, using molecular dynamics simulations, statistical-mechanical theories, and multiscale methods, we study the out-of-plane (z-axis) dielectric response of protic and aprotic fluids confined inside slit-like graphene channels. We show that the reduction in perpendicular permittivity is universal for all the fluids and exhibits a Langevin-like behavior as a function of channel width. We show that this reduction is due to the favorable in-plane (x−y plane) dipole−dipole electrostatic interactions of the interfacial fluid layer. Furthermore, we observe an anomalously low dielectric response under an extreme confinement.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 12761-12770 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | ACS Nano |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 27 2020 |
Keywords
- Confined fluids
- Dielectric constant
- Langevin function
- Molecular dynamics
- Multiscale
- Universal reduction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Engineering(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)