Positive H+ charge bonding to positive phos!:

http://phys.org/news/2015-03-hydrogen-bond.html#ajTabs

Originally posted by sonhouse
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-hydrogen-bond.html#ajTabs

Okay, I understand that they have discovered a new bond, that's clear.
But do they know why this bond exists? And how it works?

Originally posted by FabianFnas
Okay, I understand that they have discovered a new bond, that's clear.
But do they know why this bond exists? And how it works?

I think it's a bit early for that kind of analysis. A lot of chemical bonds are not understood fully but they can still use them in medical and industrial applications.

Originally posted by sonhouse
I think it's a bit early for that kind of analysis. A lot of chemical bonds are not understood fully but they can still use them in medical and industrial applications.

So they just discovered a new kind of bond. But they don't understand it.
Ok, got it.

Originally posted by FabianFnas
So they just discovered a new kind of bond. But they don't understand it.
Ok, got it.

I think that is the case for now. It is a very new discovery and I'm sure a number of papers will be written about it in short order, news at 11🙂

If you think about it, you can see if a positive tries to get close to another positive, they repel. So there must be a mitigating factor, say a difference in the size of the two charges where there is a plus-plus but one plus is slightly less positive effectively than the other. I am just throwing out my thoughts on the subject, I could be totally wrong.