Importance of hydrogen bonding in crowded environments: A physical chemistry perspective

X You, CR Baiz - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cells are heterogeneous on every length and time scale; cytosol contains thousands of
proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and small molecules, and molecular interactions within this …

Ethanol-water mixtures: ultrasonics, Brillouin scattering and molecular dynamics

M Mijaković, B Kežić, L Zoranić, F Sokolić… - Journal of Molecular …, 2011 - Elsevier
New ultrasonic and hypersonic measurements of the speed of sound in aqueous ethanol
mixtures are presented, particularly in the temperature and ethanol-concentration domains …

A comparative molecular dynamics study of water–methanol and acetone–methanol mixtures

A Perera, L Zoranić, F Sokolić, R Mazighi - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2011 - Elsevier
Two binary mixtures with methanol as common component, namely water–methanol and
methanol–acetone are studied by Molecular Dynamics simulations. Thermodynamical …

Microstructure and hydrogen bonding in water− acetonitrile mixtures

RD Mountain - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2010 - ACS Publications
The connection of hydrogen bonding between water and acetonitrile in determining the
microheterogeneity of the liquid mixture is examined using NPT molecular dynamics …

Correlating Substrate Reactivity at Electrified Interfaces with the Electrolyte Structure in Synthetically Relevant Organic Solvent/Water Mixtures

F Dorchies, A Serva, A Sidos, L Michot… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Optimizing electrosynthetic reactions requires fine tuning of a vast chemical space, including
charge transfer at electrocatalyst/electrode surfaces, engineering of mass transport …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular heterogeneity in aqueous cosolvent systems

KI Oh, CR Baiz - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Aqueous cosolvent systems (ACoSs) are mixtures of small polar molecules such as amides,
alcohols, dimethyl sulfoxide, or ions in water. These liquids have been the focus of …

On the nature of the molecular ordering of water in aqueous DMSO mixtures

A Perera, R Mazighi - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Computer simulation studies of aqueous dimethyl sulfoxyde (DMSO) mixtures show micro-
heterogeneous structures, just like aqueous alcohol mixtures. However, there is a marked …

Developing force fields from the microscopic structure of solutions

EA Ploetz, N Bentenitis, PE Smith - Fluid phase equilibria, 2010 - Elsevier
We have been developing force fields designed for the eventual simulation of peptides and
proteins using the Kirkwood–Buff (KB) theory of solutions as a guide. KB theory provides …

Distinct Hydrogen Bonding Dynamics Underlies the Microheterogeneity in DMF–Water Mixtures

Y Bai, D Zhou, S Mukherjee, J Liu… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The hydrogen bonding interaction between the amide functional group and water is
fundamental to understanding the liquid–liquid heterogeneity in biological systems. Herein …

Concentration Fluctuation/Microheterogeneity Duality Illustrated with Aqueous 1, 4-Dioxane Mixtures

A Kolaříková, A Perera - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The structural properties of aqueous 1-4 dioxane mixtures are studied by computer
simulations of different water and dioxane force field models, from the perspective of …