Hydration layers are ubiquitous in life and technology. Hence, interfacial aqueous layers
have a central role in a wide range of phenomena from materials science to molecular and …

Biological activity requires a solvent that can provide a suitable environment, which satisfies
the twin need for stability and the ability to change. Among all the solvents water plays the …

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are potential biocatalytic media due to their easy preparation,
fine-tuneability, biocompatibility, and most importantly, due to their ability to keep protein …

In order to develop a microscopic level understanding of the anomalous dielectric properties
of nanoconfined water (NCW), we study and compare three different systems, namely,(i) …

The origin of the anomalous low value of the static dielectric constant (SDC) of confined
water has been addressed and unearthed. While the low value is partly due to the different …

The low-frequency collective vibrational modes in proteins as well as the protein–water
interface have been suggested as dominant factors controlling the efficiency of biochemical …

We report a remarkable anisotropy in the dielectric properties of water under cylindrical
nanoconfinements in carbon nanotubes (CNTs). We employ linear response theory and use …

Water is essential for the structure, dynamics, energetics, and thus the function of
biomolecules. It is a formidable challenge to elicit, in microscopic detail, the role of the …

Proteins are the molecular workhorses in a living organism. Their 3D structures are
animated by a multitude of equilibrium fluctuations and specific out-of-equilibrium motions …

Self-assembly of proteins often gives rise to interesting quasi-stable structures that serve
important biological purposes. Insulin hexamer is such an assembly. While monomer is the …