Recent advances and the current status of challenging light-harvesting nanomaterials, such
as semiconducting quantum dots (QDs), metal nanoparticles, semiconductor–metal …

The fluorescence of organic molecules depends sensitively on their environment.
Fluorescent dyes have accordingly become popular molecular probes not only to determine …

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 …

Coumarins, as a family of molecules, exhibit a wide range of fluorescence emission
properties. In many cases, this fluorescence is extremely sensitive to the local environment …

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 …

A core/shell model has often been used to describe water confined to the interior of reverse
micelles. The validity of this model for water encapsulated in AOT/isooctane reverse micelles …

The dynamics of hydrogen bonds among water molecules themselves and with the polar
head groups (PHG) at a micellar surface have been investigated by long molecular …

The dielectric constant of water confined in a nanodimensional spherical cavity is calculated
by means of molecular dynamics simulations. The simulations are carried out by using two …

Although water is often hailed as the lubricant of life, a detailed understanding of its role in
many chemical and biological processes still eludes us. In many natural systems, water is …