Analysis of the generation of hydrogen and fixation of atmospheric nitrogen during alcohol polymerization in an unsymmetrical electric potentialElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Formation of an unsymmetrical electric field and an upward-flowing 1-butanol current; gas chromatography data of the bubbles produced on the negative AFM tip during 1-butanol polymerization; weight percentages of the elements contained in the 1-butanol polymer; production and sampling of gas bubbles on the AFM tip. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cp/b4/b403791j/