Structure making and breaking in electrolyte solutions explained by water energetics
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Number 16, April 2026.
ImportanceA prevailing dogma classifies salts as structure-makers or structure-breakers to explain transport properties, but this classification has no clear molecular origin. Hydrogen bonds (HB) are lost in the first hydration layer of ions but…
