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Revealing the Frank–Evans “Iceberg” Structures within the Solvation Layer around Hydrophobic Solutes
[Image: see text] Using computer simulations, the structural properties of solvation water of three model hydrophobic molecules, methane and two fullerenes (C60 and C80), were studied. Systems were simulated at temperatures in the range of 250–298 K. By analyzing both the local ordering of the molec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7898264/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33539702 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09489 |
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description | [Image: see text] Using computer simulations, the structural properties of solvation water of three model hydrophobic molecules, methane and two fullerenes (C60 and C80), were studied. Systems were simulated at temperatures in the range of 250–298 K. By analyzing both the local ordering of the molecules of water in the solvation layers and the structure of hydrogen bond network, it is shown that in the solvation layer of hydrophobic molecules, ordered aggregates consisting of water molecules are formed. Even though it is difficult to define the exact structure of these aggregates, their existence alone is clearly noticeable. Moreover, these aggregates become more pronounced with the decrease of temperature. The existence of the ordered aggregates around the hydrophobic solutes complies with the concept of “icebergs” proposed by Frank and Evans. |
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spelling | pubmed-78982642021-02-23 Revealing the Frank–Evans “Iceberg” Structures within the Solvation Layer around Hydrophobic Solutes Grabowska, Joanna Kuffel, Anna Zielkiewicz, Jan J Phys Chem B [Image: see text] Using computer simulations, the structural properties of solvation water of three model hydrophobic molecules, methane and two fullerenes (C60 and C80), were studied. Systems were simulated at temperatures in the range of 250–298 K. By analyzing both the local ordering of the molecules of water in the solvation layers and the structure of hydrogen bond network, it is shown that in the solvation layer of hydrophobic molecules, ordered aggregates consisting of water molecules are formed. Even though it is difficult to define the exact structure of these aggregates, their existence alone is clearly noticeable. Moreover, these aggregates become more pronounced with the decrease of temperature. The existence of the ordered aggregates around the hydrophobic solutes complies with the concept of “icebergs” proposed by Frank and Evans. American Chemical Society 2021-02-04 2021-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7898264/ /pubmed/33539702 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09489 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License (http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_ccby_termsofuse.html) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited. |
spellingShingle | Grabowska, Joanna Kuffel, Anna Zielkiewicz, Jan Revealing the Frank–Evans “Iceberg” Structures within the Solvation Layer around Hydrophobic Solutes |
title | Revealing the Frank–Evans “Iceberg”
Structures within the Solvation Layer around Hydrophobic Solutes |
title_full | Revealing the Frank–Evans “Iceberg”
Structures within the Solvation Layer around Hydrophobic Solutes |
title_fullStr | Revealing the Frank–Evans “Iceberg”
Structures within the Solvation Layer around Hydrophobic Solutes |
title_full_unstemmed | Revealing the Frank–Evans “Iceberg”
Structures within the Solvation Layer around Hydrophobic Solutes |
title_short | Revealing the Frank–Evans “Iceberg”
Structures within the Solvation Layer around Hydrophobic Solutes |
title_sort | revealing the frank–evans “iceberg”
structures within the solvation layer around hydrophobic solutes |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7898264/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33539702 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09489 |
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