Vibrational spectroscopy is an essential tool in chemical analyses, biological assays, and
studies of functional materials. Over the past decade, various coherent nonlinear vibrational …

Microemulsion, because of its excellent interfacial tension reduction and solubilization
properties, has wide range of applications in the petroleum industry, especially in improved …

Water in confined geometries has obvious relevance in biology, geology, and other areas
where the material properties are strongly dependent on the amount and behavior of water …

Protein hydration shell dynamics play an important role in biochemical processes including
protein folding, enzyme function, and molecular recognition. We present here a comparison …

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 …

Microemulsions are technologically important complex fluids. In many applications, they are
required to accommodate functional additives such as drugs, polymers, and nanoparticles …

We report the results of molecular simulation of water in silica nanopores at full hydration
and room temperature. The model systems are approximately cylindrical pores in …

The advent of laser-based sources of ultrafast infrared pulses has extended the study of very
fast molecular dynamics to the observation of processes manifested through their effects on …

The sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectrum from the water/[1, 2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-
phosphatidylcholine](DMPC) interface in the OH stretching mode region of water is …

Vibrational spectroscopy of water contains a wealth of information about the structure and
dynamics of this fascinating substance. Theoretical modeling of fundamental vibrational …