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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 152, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/5.0006550
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- Center for Molecular Analysis and Design at Stanford
- National Institutes of Health [1R01EB025867]
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It is well established that the chemistry in microdroplets has been found to be radically different from reactions in bulk, particularly in the case of water. It has also been established that there is a threshold size for microdroplets to behave differently than droplets near the 10 mu m diameter range. We present a three-dimensional electrostatic treatment in the spirit of the Gouy-Chapman model for double layers at interfaces. Our treatment predicts a strong concentration of charged molecules toward the surface of the droplet. As the droplet size deceases, the majority of the volume of the liquid experiences a large DC electric field. Such electric fields are highly unusual in a conducting fluid such as water. We believe that this unique environment helps to explain the reaction rate acceleration and new chemistry that have been observed in microdroplets compared to bulk phase.
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