Unravelling the dominant drivers of ion specificity

该项目旨在了解是什么控制了许多技术和生物过程对溶液中存在的盐的确切性质的敏感性。“离子特异性”一词涵盖了盐在溶液中的影响取决于盐的确切化学性质的所有情况，而不仅仅是形成盐的离子上的电荷。因此，离子特有的效应比比皆是，并在涉及解决方案的大多数情况下产生重要后果，包括蜂窝功能和电池技术。这个项目将使我们能够了解和控制特定离子的影响，建立在我们最近描述的具有胶体科学实验和量子模拟的基本离子特定系列的基础上。该项目将克服目前在预测离子特定效应方面的挑战，从而在胶体和界面科学的广泛应用方面取得进展，从传感器界面到自组装。

This project aims to understand what governs the sensitivity of many technological and biological processes to the precise nature of the salt present in solution. The term ‘ion-specific’ encompasses all the circumstances in which the influence of a salt in solution depends on the precise chemical nature of the salt, not just the electrical charge on the ions that form the salt. As such, ion-specific effects abound and have important consequences in most situations involving solutions, including cellular functions and battery technology. This project will enable us to understand and control the influence of specific ions, building on our recently described fundamental ion-specific series with colloid science experiments and quantum simulations. This project should overcome current challenges in predicting ion-specific effects leading to progress in a wide variety of applications of colloid and interface science, from sensor interfaces to self-assembly.