Dear all!
I would like to know if capillary electrophoresis could be a mechanism to move ions through the xylem of trees faster than the bulk flow. Trees can accumulate voltage gradients through charge separation in the xylem with negative charge up in the shoot moving towards the tips.
I would be grateful for help with what migration speeds we could expect in the xylem under the conditions a tree provides.
If there is somebody that is interested in that topic, I will post the concrete values we are looking at (pH, charges, ion compositions)...
Best Harriet