A cation refers to an atom or a group of atoms that bear one or multiple positive electric charges. An anion refers to an atom or a group of atoms that bear one or multiple negative electric charges.

IT is suggested that the ionization potential, I (first for univalent cations, second for divalent cations, third for trivalent cations, and so on), be used as a relative measure of the power of a ...

Chemists have found that the all-cis isomer of hexafluorocyclohexane, a molecule that made headlines last year for being the most polar aliphatic compound known, is capable of binding both cations and ...

A unique phenomenon of mitochondria-targeted protonophores is described. lt consists in a transmembrane H⁺-conducting fatty acid cycling mediated by penetrating cations such as 10-(6'-plastoquinonyl) ...