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 …

Physical and molecular insights to Clathrate hydrate thermodynamics

N Thakre, AK Jana - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Clathrate hydrate forms by a combination of water and gas/liquid organic molecules in
favorable conditions of relatively low temperature and high pressure. The compound gained …

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 …

Spectroscopic fingerprints of cavity formation and solute insertion as a measure of hydration entropic loss and enthalpic gain

S Pezzotti, F Sebastiani, EP van Dam… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydration free energies are dictated by a subtle balance of hydrophobic and hydrophilic
interactions. We present here a spectroscopic approach, which gives direct access to the …

Molecular fingerprints of hydrophobicity at aqueous interfaces from theory and vibrational spectroscopies

S Pezzotti, A Serva, F Sebastiani… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity of aqueous interfaces at the molecular level results from a
subtle balance in the water–water and water–surface interactions. This is characterized here …

Wrapping up hydrophobic hydration: Locality matters

V Conti Nibali, S Pezzotti, F Sebastiani… - The journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Water, being the universal solvent, acts as a competing agent in fundamental processes,
such as folding, aggregation or biomolecular recognition. A molecular understanding of …

Stripping away ion hydration shells in electrical double-layer formation: Water networks matter

SR Alfarano, S Pezzotti, CJ Stein… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The double layer at the solid/electrolyte interface is a key concept in electrochemistry. Here,
we present an experimental study combined with simulations, which provides a molecular …

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 …

Nanoconfinement effects on water in narrow graphene-based slit pores as revealed by THz spectroscopy

S Ruiz-Barragan, F Sebastiani, P Schienbein… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The properties of water at interfaces have long been known to differ from those of bulk water
in many distinctive ways. More recently, specific confinement effects different from mere …

An isolated water droplet in the aqueous solution of a supramolecular tetrahedral cage

F Sebastiani, TA Bender, S Pezzotti… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Water under nanoconfinement at ambient conditions has exhibited low-dimensional ice
formation and liquid–solid phase transitions, but with structural and dynamical signatures …