Blue electrolyte-to-golden metal transition in solutions of lithium in liquid ammonia (IMAGE)

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Blue electrolyte-to-golden metal transition in solutions of lithium in liquid ammonia

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Blue electrolyte-to-golden metal transition in solutions of lithium in liquid ammonia. Computer simulations predict that at intermediate concentrations the system by itself rapidly flips back and forth between a low conductivity electrolyte (blue) and a high conductivity metal (gold).

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Vitek, M., Rončević, I., Marsalek, O. et al. Rapid flipping between electrolyte and metallic states in ammonia solutions of alkali metals. Nat Commun 16, 4302 (2025).

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