With both catalytic and genetic functions, ribonucleic acid (RNA) is perhaps the most
pluripotent chemical species in molecular biology, and its functions are intimately linked to …

Aqueous ion-containing interfaces are ubiquitous and play a key role in a plethora of
physical, chemical, atmospheric, and biological processes, from which we mention just a few …

Polyethylene (PE) is the most popular plastic globally, and the widespread use of plastics
has created severe environmental issues. High energy consumption in the current process …

We present results from theoretical studies of aqueous ionic solvation of alkali halides aimed
at developing a microscopic description of structure and dynamics at the interface between …

An understanding of electron-initiated processes in aqueous systems and the subsequent
radical chemistry these processes induce is significant in such diverse fields as waste …

A combination of experimental, molecular dynamics, and kinetics modeling studies is
applied to a system of concentrated aqueous sodium chloride particles suspended in air at …

Most salts raise the surface tension of water. Interpretation of this phenomenon via the Gibbs
adsorption equation has led to the commonly held belief that the ions are repelled from the …

The optimal structures and harmonic vibrational frequencies of cyclic water clusters,(H20)
n'have been determined at the Hartree-Fock (for n= 2-6) and second order perturbation …

The specific binding sites of Hofmeister ions with an uncharged 600-residue elastin-like
polypeptide,(VPGVG) 120, were elucidated using a combination of NMR and …

Thermodynamic measurements of the solvation of salts and electrolytes are relatively
straightforward, but it is not possible to separate total solvation free energies into distinct …