Cover Picture: A New Type of Supramolecular Fluid Based on H2O–Alkylammonium/Phosphonium Solutions (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 14/2021). Issue 14 (4th February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: López‐Bueno, Carlos; Herreros‐Lucas, Carlos; Suárez‐Rodríguez, Manuel; Bittermann, Marius R.; Amigo, Alfredo; Woutersen, Sander; Giménez‐López, María; Rivadulla, Francisco
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 60:Issue 14(2021)
• Page Start: 7449
• Page End: 7449
• Publication Date: 2021-02-04
• Subjects: electrochemistry -- hydrophobic solvation -- liquid clathrate -- supramolecular fluids -- thermal diffusivity; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101420
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : The dynamic structure of liquid water can be disrupted by the presence of non‐polar organic molecules, in a process known as hydrophobic solvation. Maria Giménez‐López, Francisco Rivadulla et al. demonstrate in their Communication on page 7540 that the particular orientation of hydrocarbon chains in tetraalkylammonium and phosphonium salts induces a peculiar structure of water molecules different from the bulk, changing its physicochemical properties.