Hydrogen Bonds: Scientists Find New Mechanism
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 21:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Water’s unrivaled omnipresence and the crucial role it plays in life drive scientists to understand every detail of its unusual underlying properties on the microscopic scale. Researchers now report how water solvates its intrinsic hydroxide (OH-) anion. Unraveling this behavior is important to advance the understanding of aqueous chemistry and biology.