Unraveling the hydrophobic effect, one molecule at a time

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 16491-16492

  Garde, Shekhar ^a   Patel, Amish J ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; WATER;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 80053643231     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113256108     Document Type: Note

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