Magnesium ions slow down water dynamics on short length scales Date: October 12, 2022 Source: Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) Summary: The presence of ...

New results from ultrafast spectroscopy and in-depth theoretical calculations demonstrate that the complex folded structure ... to ions and the water shell. The presence of a magnesium ion in ...

The presence of ions affects the structure and dynamics ... and theoretical analyses show that the water environment of specific pairs of magnesium and sulfate ions has a decisive impact on ...