Water structure and properties at hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces

J Monroe, M Barry, A DeStefano… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The properties of water on both molecular and macroscopic surfaces critically influence a
wide range of physical behaviors, with applications spanning from membrane science to …

Energetic and entropic considerations for coarse-graining

KM Kidder, RJ Szukalo, WG Noid - The European Physical Journal B, 2021 - Springer
Molecular dynamics simulations often adopt coarse-grained (CG) models to investigate
length-and time-scales that cannot be effectively addressed with atomically detailed models …

Local solvation structures govern the mixing thermodynamics of glycerol–water solutions

DD Mahanta, DR Brown, S Pezzotti, S Han… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Glycerol is a major cryoprotective agent and is widely used to promote protein stabilization.
By a combined experimental and theoretical study, we show that global thermodynamic …

Evidence for entropically controlled interfacial hydration in mesoporous organosilicas

H Moon, RP Collanton, JI Monroe… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
At aqueous interfaces, the distribution and dynamics of adsorbates are modulated by the
behavior of interfacial water. Hydration of a hydrophobic surface can store entropy via the …

Affinity of small-molecule solutes to hydrophobic, hydrophilic, and chemically patterned interfaces in aqueous solution

JI Monroe, S Jiao, RJ Davis… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Performance of membranes for water purification is highly influenced by the interactions of
solvated species with membrane surfaces, including surface adsorption of solutes upon …

Relationships between molecular structural order parameters and equilibrium water dynamics in aqueous mixtures

DC Robinson Brown, TR Webber, S Jiao… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Water's unique thermophysical properties and how it mediates aqueous interactions
between solutes have long been interpreted in terms of its collective molecular structure …

Peering inside the black box: Learning the relevance of many-body functions in Neural Network potentials

K Bonneau, J Lederer, C Templeton… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Machine learned potentials are becoming a popular tool to define an effective energy model
for complex systems, either incorporating electronic structure effects at the atomistic …

Structural features of interfacial water predict the hydrophobicity of chemically heterogeneous surfaces

BC Dallin, AS Kelkar, RC Van Lehn - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The hydrophobicity of an interface determines the magnitude of hydrophobic interactions
that drive numerous biological and industrial processes. Chemically heterogeneous …

Sequence modulates polypeptoid hydration water structure and dynamics

S Jiao, DM Rivera Mirabal, AJ DeStefano… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the effect of polypeptoid sequence on
the structure and dynamics of its hydration waters. Polypeptoids provide an excellent …

Topology-based phase identification of bulk, interface, and confined water using an edge-conditioned convolutional graph neural network

A Moradzadeh, H Oliaei, NR Aluru - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Water plays a significant role in various physicochemical and biological processes.
Understanding and identifying water phases in various systems such as bulk, interface, and …