STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF ELECTROLYTE-SOLUTIONS - A NMR RELAXATION APPROACH

Investigations on the dynamical and structural properties of electroly te solutions based on NMR relaxation methods are reported. Using selec ted examples of electrolytes in pure solvents, the behaviour of the so lvent molecules in the first coordination sphere of ions is highlighte d. Moreover, by splitting intra- and inter-molecular contributions to the relaxation for some electrolytes in DMSO, the influence of the sal ts on the reorientational and translational properties of the solvent molecules is shown. Finally, NMR relaxation by quadrupolar interaction s to probe the preferential solvation of ionic species in binary solve nt mixtures is reported.