A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Quantized Collision/Fusion Events of Anionic Ionosomes at a Polarized Soft Micro-Interface
Authors: Zhang Jingcheng, Huang Linhan, Fang Taoxiong, Xiang Zhipeng, He Sijia, Peljo Pekka, Gan Shiyu, Huang Xinjian, Deng Haiqiang
Publisher: Wiley
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Chemistry - An Asian Journal
Article number: e202200731
eISSN: 1861-471X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202200731
Web address : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/asia.202200731
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/177019059
With single-entity collisional electrochemistry, anionic ionosomes (i. e., negatively-charged nanoscopic water clusters wrapped by an ionic bilayer) are quantitatively analysed at a positively polarized micro-water/oil interface. When Cl−-ionosomes in the organic phase collide/fuse with the polarized interface formed at the very tip of a micropipette, chloride ions will be released from an ionosome into the water phase manifested as a current spike along the timeline. Fusion mechanism along with sizing of ionosomes are readily uncovered via detailed analysis of the current spikes.
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