Effective screening of Coulomb repulsions in water accelerates reactions of like-charged compounds by orders of magnitude
The reaction speed of like-charged compounds in water is extremely slow due to Coulomb repulsions. Here, the authors boost kinetics up to 5 million times by screening these interactions and increasing the local concentration of reactants using positively charged micelles. They show the effect for tw...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34182-z |