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Sitting at the edge: How biomolecules use hydrophobicity to tune their interactions and function
Amish J. Patel, Patrick Varilly, Sumanth N. Jamadagni +3
Water near hydrophobic surfaces is like that at a liquid-vapor interface, where fluctuations in water density are substantially enhanced compared to that in bulk water. Here we use…
Molecular explanation for why talc surfaces can be both hydrophilic and hydrophobic
Benjamin Rotenberg, Amish J. Patel, David Chandler
While individual water molecules adsorb strongly on a talc surface (hydrophilic behavior), a droplet of water beads up on the same surface (hydrophobic behavior). To rationalize th…
Quantifying density fluctuations in volumes of all shapes and sizes using indirect umbrella sampling
Amish J. Patel, Patrick Varilly, David Chandler +1
Water density fluctuations are an important statistical mechanical observable that is related to many-body correlations, as well as hydrophobic hydration and interactions. Local wa…
Extended surfaces modulate and can catalyze hydrophobic effects
Amish J. Patel, Patrick Varilly, Sumanth N. Jamadagni +3
Interfaces are a most common motif in complex systems. To understand how the presence of interfaces affect hydrophobic phenomena, we use molecular simulations and theory to study h…