When salts are added to water, generally the viscosity increases, suggesting that the ions increase the strength of the water's hydrogen-bond network. However, infrared pump-probe measurements on electrolyte solutions have found that ions have no influence on the rotational dynamics of water molecules, implying no enhancement or breakdown of the hydrogen-bond network. Here, we report optical Kerr effect and dielectric relaxation spectroscopic measurements, which have enabled us to separate the e...
G. Hefter, P. May, P. Sipos, and A. Stanley. Journal of Molecular Liquids, (2003)27th International Conference on Solution Chemistry, Vaals, The Netherlands, August 26-31, 2001.