Fig. 3: Mulliken charges in the ground, intermediate, and final states for Na+[H2O]6 (lower panel) and Mg2+[H2O]6 (upper panel) for the radiative decay of the core hole.
From: Non-local X-ray intermolecular radiative decay probes solvation shell of ions in water
![Fig. 3: Mulliken charges in the ground, intermediate, and final states for Na+[H2O]6 (lower panel) and Mg2+[H2O]6 (upper panel) for the radiative decay of the core hole.](http://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-025-65581-7/MediaObjects/41467_2025_65581_Fig3_HTML.png?as=webp)
The total charge (black) is decomposed into charge on the metal ion (red), and on the water molecules (blue). For both metal ion and water, the final-state charge after both local Kα decay and non-local IRD is shown. The connecting lines are only guides for the eye.
