Water is an essential participant in the stability, structure, dynamics, and function of proteins
and other biomolecules. Thermodynamically, changes in the aqueous environment affect …

2. BACKGROUND 2.1. Aqueous Reverse Micelles The unique properties of water including
its polarity and highly structured hydrogen bond network have led to the widespread use of …

A core/shell model has often been used to describe water confined to the interior of reverse
micelles. The validity of this model for water encapsulated in AOT/isooctane reverse micelles …

The dynamics of water confined in two different types of reverse micelles are studied using
ultrafast infrared pump− probe spectroscopy of the hydroxyl OD stretch of HOD in H2O …

Water around biomolecules slows down with respect to pure water, and both rotation and
translation exhibit anomalous time dependence in the hydration shell. The origin of such …

The dynamics of water in Aerosol-OT reverse micelles are investigated with ultrafast infrared
spectroscopy of the hydroxyl stretch. In large reverse micelles, the dynamics of water are …

The interior water pool of aerosol OT (AOT) reverse micelles tends toward bulk water
properties as the micelle size increases. Thus, deviations from bulk water behavior in large …

Liquids confined on nanometer lengthscales are ubiquitous in chemistry, occurring in
systems ranging from mesoporous catalysts to the crowded interior of a cell. Understanding …

Hydrogen bond dynamics of water in highly concentrated NaBr salt solutions and reverse
micelles are studied using ultrafast 2D-IR vibrational echo spectroscopy and polarization …

Herein, we present the direct observation and quantification of a water-in-oil (w/o) emulsion,
its destabilization, and the effect of additives on such processes at the nanoscale. This is …