The timescale on which the hydrogen bonds formed by a water molecule in a salt solution switch between ions and other water molecules is revealed for the first time.
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Bakker, H. Ion-ing out the details. Nature Chem 1, 24–25 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.154
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