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Interaction between liquid water and hydroxide revealed by core-hole de-excitation

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  • Emad F. Aziz

    (BESSY GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany)

  • Niklas Ottosson

    (BESSY GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
    Uppsala University)

  • Manfred Faubel

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation, Bunsenstrasse 10, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany)

  • Ingolf V. Hertel

    (Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
    Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany)

  • Bernd Winter

    (Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
    Present address: BESSY GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.)

Abstract

The hydroxide ion: passing bonds Even though the hydroxide ion plays an important role in many chemical and biochemical processes, we still don't fully understand how it interacts with surrounding water molecules. To address this question, Azis et al. have measured core-level photoelectron emission and intermolecular Coulombic decay for an aqueous hydroxide solution. The results show that in contrast to hydrated protons, hydrated hydroxide ions can transiently donate a hydrogen bond to surrounding water molecules. This capability can explain the unusual and fast transport of hydroxide ions in water, and also highlights that the solvation pattern and transport mechanism of water's two ions cannot be inferred from each other.

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  • Emad F. Aziz & Niklas Ottosson & Manfred Faubel & Ingolf V. Hertel & Bernd Winter, 2008. "Interaction between liquid water and hydroxide revealed by core-hole de-excitation," Nature, Nature, vol. 455(7209), pages 89-91, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:455:y:2008:i:7209:d:10.1038_nature07252
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07252
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    1. Rémi Dupuy & Tillmann Buttersack & Florian Trinter & Clemens Richter & Shirin Gholami & Olle Björneholm & Uwe Hergenhahn & Bernd Winter & Hendrik Bluhm, 2024. "The solvation shell probed by resonant intermolecular Coulombic decay," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.

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