Comment on "Autoionization at the surface of neat water: is the top layer pH neutral, basic, or acidic?" by R. Vácha, V. Buch, A. Milet, J. P. Devlin and P. Jungwirth, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 4736.
The surface of near-neutral water is basic due to the adsorption of hydroxide ions, not acidic as has been recently claimed.
Beattie
James K
JK
School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. beattiej@chem.usyd.edu.au
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