Aqueous ionic liquids and their effects on protein structures: an overview on recent theoretical and experimental results

J Smiatek - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Ionic liquids (ILs) are used in a variety of technological and biological applications. Recent
experimental and simulation results reveal the influence of aqueous ionic liquids on the …

Hydrotropy: binding models vs. statistical thermodynamics

S Shimizu, JJ Booth, S Abbott - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrophobic drugs can often be solubilized by the addition of hydrotropes. We have
previously shown that preferential drug–hydrotrope association is one of the major factors of …

Preferential Solvation Phenomena as Solute-Induced Structure-Making/Breaking Processes: Linking Thermodynamic Preferential Interaction Parameters to …

AA Chialvo - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this work, we identify the explicit macroscopic-to-microscopic rigorous links between
existing thermodynamic preferential interaction parameters Γ Q α Q β (χ i) and …

Kirkwood–Buff-derived force field for peptides and proteins: philosophy and development of KBFF20

EA Ploetz, S Karunaweera, N Bentenitis… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A new classical nonpolarizable force field, KBFF20, for the simulation of peptides and
proteins is presented. The force field relies heavily on the use of Kirkwood–Buff theory to …

A unified perspective on preferential solvation and adsorption based on inhomogeneous solvation theory

S Shimizu, N Matubayasi - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2018 - Elsevier
How cosolvents affects solvation has been revealed through the independent determination
of solute-solvent and solute-cosolvent interactions guaranteed by the phase rule. Based on …

A Kirkwood–Buff force field for the aromatic amino acids

EA Ploetz, PE Smith - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
In a continuation of our efforts to develop a united atom non-polarizable protein force field
based upon the solution theory of Kirkwood and Buff ie, the Kirkwood–Buff Force Field …

Mixtures of LiTFSI and urea: ideal thermodynamic behavior as key to the formation of deep eutectic solvents?

A Nandy, J Smiatek - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
At certain mixing ratios, urea and lithium bis (trifluorosulfonyl) imide (LiTFSI) form deep
eutectic solvents with a pronounced lowering of the melting temperature when compared to …

Enhanced solubilization in multi-component mixtures: Mechanism of synergistic amplification of cyclodextrin solubility by urea and inorganic salts

I Shumilin, D Harries - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Designed to enhance the solubility of hardly soluble species in water, many excipient
formulations for active drugs or other solutes contain two or more cosolutes. And yet, little is …

Direct comparison of amino acid and salt interactions with double-stranded and single-stranded DNA from explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations

CT Andrews, BA Campbell… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Given the ubiquitous nature of protein–DNA interactions, it is important to understand the
interaction thermodynamics of individual amino acid side chains for DNA. One way to …

Ensemble transformation in the fluctuation theory

S Shimizu, N Matubayasi - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interactions in complex solutions that consist of multiple components can be quantified via
number correlations observed within an isochoric subsystem. The fluctuation solution theory …