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A cation is an atom or molecule that has lost one or more electrons, giving it a positive electric charge. Cations matter because they play important roles in chemical reactions, electrical conductivity, and the structure of many substances we encounter in nature and everyday life.
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310,514 papers- Mussel-Inspired Cation-π Interactions: Wet Adhesion and Biomimetic Materials.ReviewLangmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2023Chen J, Peng Q, Liu J et al.DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02818
- Polyspecific organic cation transporters: structure, function, physiological roles, and biopharmaceutical implications.ReviewPharmaceutical research · 2007Koepsell H, Lips K, Volk CDOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9254-z
- Atypical Substrates of the Organic Cation Transporter 1.Biomolecules · 2022Redeker KM, Jensen O, Gebauer L et al.DOI: 10.3390/biom12111664
- Non-selective cation channel blockers: potential use in nervous system basic research and therapeutics.ReviewMini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2008Peña F, Ordaz BDOI: 10.2174/138955708784912166
- Cation-pi interactions in structural biology.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1999Gallivan JP, Dougherty DADOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.17.9459
- Cation Diffusion in Compacted Clay: A Pore-Scale View.Environmental science & technology · 2019Yang Y, Wang MDOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05755
- Cation Bulk and pK(a) Modulate Diblock Polymer Micelle Binding to pDNA.ACS macro letters · 2022Santa Chalarca CF, Dalal RJ, Chapa A et al.DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00015
- Evaluation of Orientation-Dependent Cation-π Pairwise Effects within Collagen Triple Helices.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2025Yao TJ, Ke YE, Lin WL et al.DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c08691
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- Subclass of
- ion
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- opposite of
- anion
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- Cations
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- Category:Cations
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REDIRECT Ion#Anions and cations
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