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Facet-Mediated Adsorption and Molecular Fractionation of Humic Substances on Hematite Surfaces.

Facet-Mediated Adsorption and Molecular Fractionation of Humic Substances on Hematite Surfaces. Interactions between dissolved organic matter (DOM) and iron oxyhydroxides have important environmental and geochemical implications. The present study employed two hematite nanocrystals to investigate the adsorption and molecular fractionation of two typical humic substances (HSs) using electrospray ionization coupled with Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI-FT-ICR-MS). Hematite with a predominant exposure of {100} facets induced more pronounced adsorption and molecular fractionation of HSs than {001} facets, indicating that the interfacial adsorptive fractionation process of HSs was mediated by exposed facets of hematite. Further exploration of the surface OH groups of the two hematite nanocrystals confirms that the facet-mediated molecular fractionation of HSs was attributable to the abundance of singly iron-atom coordinated -OH sites on the hematite surfaces. Molecules with a high oxidation state and high aromaticity such as oxidized black carbon, polyphenol-like, and tannic-like compounds preferentially formed ligand-exchange complexes with singly coordinated -OH groups on the hematite surfaces, inducing the selective binding and molecular fractionation of HSs at the mineral-water interface. These results demonstrate that singly iron-atom coordinated -OH sites determine DOM adsorption and mediate molecular fractionation on hematite surfaces, and this contributes substantially to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of iron oxyhydroxide-mediated molecular exchange of DOM in soils and/or sediments. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Environmental Science & Technology Pubmed

Facet-Mediated Adsorption and Molecular Fractionation of Humic Substances on Hematite Surfaces.

Environmental Science & Technology , Volume 52 (20): 10 – Sep 17, 2019

Facet-Mediated Adsorption and Molecular Fractionation of Humic Substances on Hematite Surfaces.


Abstract

Interactions between dissolved organic matter (DOM) and iron oxyhydroxides have important environmental and geochemical implications. The present study employed two hematite nanocrystals to investigate the adsorption and molecular fractionation of two typical humic substances (HSs) using electrospray ionization coupled with Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI-FT-ICR-MS). Hematite with a predominant exposure of {100} facets induced more pronounced adsorption and molecular fractionation of HSs than {001} facets, indicating that the interfacial adsorptive fractionation process of HSs was mediated by exposed facets of hematite. Further exploration of the surface OH groups of the two hematite nanocrystals confirms that the facet-mediated molecular fractionation of HSs was attributable to the abundance of singly iron-atom coordinated -OH sites on the hematite surfaces. Molecules with a high oxidation state and high aromaticity such as oxidized black carbon, polyphenol-like, and tannic-like compounds preferentially formed ligand-exchange complexes with singly coordinated -OH groups on the hematite surfaces, inducing the selective binding and molecular fractionation of HSs at the mineral-water interface. These results demonstrate that singly iron-atom coordinated -OH sites determine DOM adsorption and mediate molecular fractionation on hematite surfaces, and this contributes substantially to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of iron oxyhydroxide-mediated molecular exchange of DOM in soils and/or sediments.

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ISSN
0013-936X
eISSN
1520-5851
DOI
10.1021/acs.est.8b03940
pmid
30222318

Abstract

Interactions between dissolved organic matter (DOM) and iron oxyhydroxides have important environmental and geochemical implications. The present study employed two hematite nanocrystals to investigate the adsorption and molecular fractionation of two typical humic substances (HSs) using electrospray ionization coupled with Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI-FT-ICR-MS). Hematite with a predominant exposure of {100} facets induced more pronounced adsorption and molecular fractionation of HSs than {001} facets, indicating that the interfacial adsorptive fractionation process of HSs was mediated by exposed facets of hematite. Further exploration of the surface OH groups of the two hematite nanocrystals confirms that the facet-mediated molecular fractionation of HSs was attributable to the abundance of singly iron-atom coordinated -OH sites on the hematite surfaces. Molecules with a high oxidation state and high aromaticity such as oxidized black carbon, polyphenol-like, and tannic-like compounds preferentially formed ligand-exchange complexes with singly coordinated -OH groups on the hematite surfaces, inducing the selective binding and molecular fractionation of HSs at the mineral-water interface. These results demonstrate that singly iron-atom coordinated -OH sites determine DOM adsorption and mediate molecular fractionation on hematite surfaces, and this contributes substantially to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of iron oxyhydroxide-mediated molecular exchange of DOM in soils and/or sediments.

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Environmental Science & TechnologyPubmed

Published: Sep 17, 2019

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