Time-programmable pH: decarboxylation of nitroacetic acid allows the time-controlled rising of pH to a definite value
Daniele Del Giudice, Emanuele Spatola, Matteo Valentini, Cecilia Bombelli, Gianfranco Ercolani, Stefano Di Stefano
Abstract
Predictable and time-programmable sequences of the kind pH<sub>1(high)</sub>–pH<sub>2(low)</sub>–pH<sub>3(high)</sub> in water solution are obtained by a judicious choice of the concentration of nitroacetic acid undergoing decarboxylation.
Topics & Concepts
DecarboxylationChemistryValue (mathematics)Organic chemistryMathematicsCatalysisStatisticsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchSupramolecular Chemistry and Complexes