title: Direct generation of electric currents from flowing neutral ionic solutions.
abstract: We have discovered a new method of generating electric currents, directly from high pressure-induced flow of neutral ionic solutions. The mechanism is that the cations and anions have different flow velocities, if their atomic masses are dramatically different, due to different accelerations generated from the high applied pressure. The generated electric current is very sensitive to the strengths of the applied pressure, and it might be potentially used for detection of atomic masses and pressures.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, and Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2 North Zhongguancun 1st Road, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Boyang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004735:Energy Transfer; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D012212:Rheology / Q000379:methods*; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry*; D055672:Static Electricity
chemical_list: D052578:Ionic Liquids; D012996:Solutions