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M. S. Micciancio-giammarinaro

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Cooperative onset of a different state of water in the presence of macromolecules.

1973

Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyTime FactorsMacromolecular SubstancesGeneral NeuroscienceMacromolecular SubstancesKineticsElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyTemperatureWaterNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyAgarKineticsHistory and Philosophy of ScienceSolubilityComputational chemistrySolubilityGelsMathematicsMacromoleculeAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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Behaviour of Interacting Protons: The Average-Mass Approach to its Study and its Possible Biological Relevance

1973

Among all other kinds of ions occurring in the solid, liquid and living states of matter, positive hydrogen ions (which we shall henceforth call protons for brevity) are singled out by their exceptionally small mass. This is the reason for their specific property of tunnelling through potential barriers, which in turn is responsible for such properties as hydrogen bonding. This is also responsible for the unique properties exhibited in many cases by (sub)systems of interacting protons. Examples are the intriguing properties of liquid water and ice [1]; the para-ferroelectric transition in hydrogen-bonded ferroelectrics [2]; the cooperative transitions in ammonium salts [3] and in hexamine h…

PhysicsHydrogenchemistryHydrogen bondLiquid waterChemical physicsState of matterchemistry.chemical_elementHalideElectronQuantum tunnellingIon
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