The hydrophobic interaction, often combined with the hydrophilic or ionic interactions,
makes the behavior of aqueous solutions very rich and plays an important role in biological …

We examine quantitatively the solute-size dependences of the effective interactions between
nonpolar solutes in water and in a simple liquid. The potential w (r) of mean force and the …

We introduce a molecular-based route to the evaluation of the osmotic second virial
coefficients of dissociative solutes in dilute binary solutions, according to a general …

Ion-specific effects on the solubility of nonpolar solutes and on the solute–solute
hydrophobic interaction in aqueous electrolyte solutions are studied on the basis of a …

We present a continuum theory of electrolytes composed of a waterlike solvent and
univalent ions. First, we start with a density functional F for the coarse-grained solvent …

We review the statistical mechanic foundations of the fundamental structure-
making/breaking functions, leading to the rigorous description of the solute-induced …

We studied the solute-induced perturbation of the solvent environment around a solute
species from a microscopic viewpoint and propose a novel approach to the understanding of …

To gain quantitative insight into how the overall strength of the hydrophobic interaction
varies with the molecular size, we calculate osmotic second virial coefficients B for …

Temperature-, pressure-, and salt-concentration-induced variations in the solubility of small
nonpolar solutes in aqueous solution and the corresponding variations in the solvent …

We present a theory of nonionic solutes in a mixture solvent composed of water-like and
alcohol-like species. First, we show the relationship among the solvation chemical potential …