This review deals with dynamics of water molecules in the hydration layer that surrounds
selfassemblies and proteins in aqueous solutions. This topic has not only seen a vigorous …

Because of its unique properties, water drives many natural and biological processes. While
a detailed understanding of its precise role is still being unravelled, it is clear that the …

Time-resolved emission measurements of the solute coumarin 153 (C153) are used to
probe the time dependence of solvation in 24 common solvents at room temperature …

THE timescale of the response of solvent molecules to electronic rearrangement of solute
molecules has a critical influence on the rates of chemical reactions in liquids1–10. In …

We investigated rearrangements of the hydrogen-bond network in water by measuring
fluctuations in the OH-stretching frequency of HOD in liquid D2O with femtosecond infrared …

Almost all biological macromoleculessproteins (enzymes) and DNAsare inactive in the
absence of water. Hydration of a protein/enzyme is particularly important for the stability of …

Water is in many aspects a remarkable liquid. Apart from its importance in biological
processes and the extended use in chemistry as solvent, the exceptional properties of liquid …

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Polar solvents often exert a dramatic influence on reactions in solution. Equilibrium aspects
of this influence involve differential solvation of reactants compared to the transition state …

Water molecules confined in a supramolecular assembly control reactivity and dynamics of
biological systems in a unique way. In a confined system, water molecules display an …