A microscopic theory of the statics and the dynamics of solvation of an ion in a binary dipolar liquid is presented. The theory properly includes the different intermolecular correlations that are present in a binary mixture. As a result, the theory can explain several important aspects of both the statics and the dynamics of solvation that are observed in experiments. It provides a microscopic explanation of the preferential solvation of the more polar species by the solute ion. The dynamics of solvation is predicted to be highly non-exponential, in general. The average relaxation time is found to change nonlinearly with the composition of the mixture. These predictions are in qualitative agreement with the experimental results. © 1993.
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Chandra, A., & Bagchi, B. (1993). Microscopic theory of solvation of an ion in a binary dipolar liquid. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 57(C), 39–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-7322(93)80046-X
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