Dielectric Properties of Aqueous Electrolytes at the Nanoscale
Despite the ubiquity of aqueous electrolytes, the effect of salt on water organization remains controversial. We introduce a nonlocal and nonlinear field theory for the nanoscale polarization of ions and water and derive the electrolyte dielectric response as a function of salt concentration to first order in a loop expansion. By comparison with molecular dynamics simulations, we show that rising salt concentration induces a dielectric permittivity decrement and Debye screening in the longitudinal susceptibility but leaves the water structure remarkably unchanged.
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Freie Universität Berlin
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Technische Universitat Graz
Sorbonne Université
École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris
2025-04-18
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EPFL