Why are nH-perfluoroalkanoate ions more mobile than expected? Implications for identifying an emerging environmental pollutant Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • Ion mobility experiments reveal that nH-PFCAs have relatively small collision cross sections compared to their perfluorinated analogues. Theory and experiment agree that this is because nH-PFCA ions undergo internal hydrogen bridging.

publication date

  • July 25, 2024