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ionophobic

ionophobic adjective: having a repulsion to ions.

Adjective

ionophobic (not comparable)

  1. (physical) Having a repulsion to ions
    • We show via an analytical theory and Monte Carlo simulations that charging is sensitively dependent on the affinity of ions to the pores, and that the capacitance of ionophobic pores can be optimized at pore widths significantly larger than the ion diameter.2015, Alpha A Lee, Dominic Vella, Alain Goriely, Svyatoslav Kondrat, “The Capacitance-Power-Hysteresis Trilemma in Nanoporous Supercapacitors”, in arXiv

Origin of ionophobic

From iono- + -phobic.

Questions about ionophobic

What does ionophobic mean?
Ionophobic means having a repulsion to ions.
What part of speech is ionophobic?
Ionophobic is an adjective.

Words near ionophobic in the dictionary

  1. ionopause
  2. ionopauses
  3. ionophilic
  4. ionophilicities
  5. ionophilicity
  6. ionophobic
  7. ionophore
  8. ionophores
  9. ionophoresis
  10. ionophoretic
  11. ionophoretically

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