The Chemical Gap Layer: Locating the Arena of Matter Coupling and Decoupling (EN)

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Chemical bonding and reactions occur within a fundamental 'gap layer' where matter couples and decouples, with bond types representing forms of gap residence and ionization energies reflecting residence depth. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

Chao Qin

doi:10.5281/zenodo.22249373

September 2, 2026Open Access

The Chemical Gap Layer: Locating the Arena of Matter Coupling and Decoupling (EN)

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To establish an ontological localization for chemical coupling and decoupling by modeling atomic interactions within a defined gap layer.
Formulated a gap-layer framework categorizing four chemical bond types as forms of gap residence and electron shells as a residence-depth spectrum.
Evaluated the model against four quantitative benchmarks, including NIST ionization datasets, two-variable inertness metrics, bond-energy evaluations, and Sabatier triangle closure.
Extended the gap-residence model across 25-station biological electron transport chains and transition metal 3d/4s depth-spectrum rebalancing.
Validated 8 out of 8 tests against NIST-level ionization benchmarks alongside two-variable inertness criteria.
Achieved closure of the Sabatier energetic triangle from 945 kJ/mol down to 95–123 kJ/mol across tested reaction regimes.
Successfully mapped functionalized energy sweet spots in 25-station biological electron transport networks.

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Theoretical analysis uncovers a chemical gap layer governing molecular coupling, indicating a unified framework for bond reconfiguration, ionization depths, and catalytic reactions.

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Ontological localization of the arena of chemistry: matter couples and decouples in the gap layer. Four bond types = four forms of gap residence; reactions = gap-residence reconfiguration events; shells = the residence-depth spectrum, ionization energies its depth reading. Four quantitative discriminants pass same-day (NIST 270-level ionization 8/8; two-variable inertness; three bond-energy tests; Sabatier triangle closure 945→95-123 kJ/mol), extended to 25-station biological ET chains (functionalized sweet-spot spectrum) and 3d/4s depth-spectrum rebalancing.

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