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  "abstract": "Mechanochemical reactions can access unusual and useful reactivity, but the electron-transfer steps that govern many of these mechanochemical transformations have remained difficult for time-resolved monitoring. Here we establish a time-resolved strategy for resolving mechanochemical electron transfer by integrating in-situ powder X-ray diffraction with ex-situ quantitative electron paramagnetic resonance, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, and magnetometry. Using the formation of a sodium anion complex (sodide) as a model reaction, we show that a mechanically driven disproportionation proceeds through a stepwise pathway involving an electride intermediate. This finding provides direct mechanistic insight into how electrons move through reactive solids under mechanochemical condition. More broadly, it establishes a general experimental blueprint for identifying electronically distinct transient intermediates in mechanochemical redox chemistry.",
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    "University of Birmingham",
    "BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter-Strasse 11, Berlin, Germany, 12489",
    "Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, U.K., M13 9PL",
    "Centre for Radiochemistry Research, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, U.K., M13 9PL",
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      "name": "Huanxin Zhang"
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      "name": "Franziska Emmerling"
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      "name": "Dominik J. Kubicki"
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      "name": "Erli Lu",
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  "pdf_url": "https://chemrxiv.org/doi/pdf/10.26434/chemrxiv.15009597/v1",
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  "published": "2026-09-29",
  "publisher": "American Chemical Society (ACS)",
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  "title": "Solid-state Electron Transfer Mechanism Study in Mechanochemistry through Time-Resolved Multimodal Monitoring",
  "title_text": "Solid-state Electron Transfer Mechanism Study in Mechanochemistry through Time-Resolved Multimodal Monitoring",
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