It should however be noted that negative electric field strengths actually destabilize the protonated ribose, hence in the presence of the OEEF, molecular rotation ought to take place, resulting in a flip of the field direction. Since the considered dissociation would be the very first reaction step of the overall process, it may compete with rotation during microdroplet formation, especially since the former is an almost barrierless event. As such, a fraction of the ribose molecules likely dissociates in an electric field-mediated manner the very instant the microdroplets emerge.