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Interfacial and Confined Water

Brovchenko, Ivan; Oleinikova, Alla

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Contentsv
  • Prefacevii
  • Chapter 1. Phase Diagram of Bulk Water1
  • Chapter 2. Surface Transitions of Water17
  • 2.1 Surface Transitions of Fluids17
  • 2.2 Layering, Prewetting, and Wetting Transitions of Water Near Hydrophilic Surfaces25
  • 2.3 Drying Transition of Water Near Hydrophobic Surfaces50
  • 2.4 Surface Phase Diagram of Water61
  • Chapter 3. Surface Critical Behavior of Water67
  • 3.1 Surface Critical Behavior of Fluids68
  • 3.2 Surface Critical Behavior of Water76
  • Chapter 4. Phase Diagram of Confined Water91
  • 4.1 Effect of Confinement on the Phase Transitions91
  • 4.2 Phase Transitions of Confined Water98
  • 4.3 Capillary Condensation and Capillary Evaporation114
  • Chapter 5. Water Layers at Hydrophilic Surfaces121
  • 5.1 Percolation Transition of Hydration Water121
  • 5.2 Structure of Water Layers at Hydrophilic Surfaces139
  • Chapter 6. Role of Interfacial Water in Biological Function151
  • Chapter 7. Water in Low-hydrated Biosystems165
  • 7.1 Percolation Transition of Water in Low-hydrated Biosystems165
  • 7.2 Effect of Hydration on the Properties of Biosystems194
  • Chapter 8. States of Interfacial Water in Fully Hydrated Biosystems215
  • Chapter 9. Summary and Outlook233
  • References237
  • Index303
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780444527189
  • ISBN-13 9780080558172
  • Author Brovchenko, Ivan; Oleinikova, Alla
  • Category Science
  • Subject Physical & Theoretical

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Water in the proximity of a surface (interfacial water) is abundant on the earth. It is involved in various physical and chemical processes and crucial for biological function. Despite numerous studies of interfacial water, systematic analysis of its properties is missing in scientific literature. This book is a first comprehensive review of experimental and simulation studies of water in various confining environments, such as hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces, surfaces of biomolecules, porous media, etc. Systematic analysis of interfacial and confined water is based on the firm physical ground, which accounts for variety of the thermodynamic states of water near the surface, surface phase transitions, surface critical behaviour, effect of confinement on the bulk and surface phase transitions of water, clustering and formation of a spanning hydrogen-bonded water network via percolation transition. This allows distinguishing between universal features, common for all fluids, and some specific water properties, related to intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Special attention is paid to the properties of hydration water, which covers biomolecules and enables their biological activity. This book provides readers with basic information on interfacial and confined water, which will be useful for scientists and engineers working in the fields of bioscienses, nanociences and nanotechnologies.

* Comprehensive review and analysis of interfacial and confined water
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