Implicit solvation methods for catalysis at electrified interfaces

S Ringe, NG Hormann, H Oberhofer… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Implicit solvation is an effective, highly coarse-grained approach in atomic-scale simulations
to account for a surrounding liquid electrolyte on the level of a continuous polarizable …

[HTML][HTML] The hydrophobic effects: Our current understanding

Q Sun - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrophobic interactions are involved in and believed to be the fundamental driving force of
many chemical and biological phenomena in aqueous environments. This review focuses …

Quantum mechanical continuum solvation models

J Tomasi, B Mennucci, R Cammi - Chemical reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
This review on continuum solvation models has been preceded in Chemical Reviews by
others addressing the same subject. They are due to Tomasi and Persico1 (published in …

What is the contact angle of water on graphene?

F Taherian, V Marcon, NFA van der Vegt, F Leroy - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
Although experimental and theoretical studies have addressed the question of the wetting
properties of graphene, the actual value of the contact angle of water on an isolated …

Interfaces and the driving force of hydrophobic assembly

D Chandler - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
The hydrophobic effect—the tendency for oil and water to segregate—is important in diverse
phenomena, from the cleaning of laundry, to the creation of micro-emulsions to make new …

The electrochemical interface in first-principles calculations

K Schwarz, R Sundararaman - Surface science reports, 2020 - Elsevier
First-principles predictions play an important role in understanding chemistry at the
electrochemical interface. Electronic structure calculations are straightforward for vacuum …

A view of the hydrophobic effect

NT Southall, KA Dill, ADJ Haymet - The Journal of Physical …, 2002 - ACS Publications
Oil and water do not mix. The disaffinity of oil for water, with its unusual temperature
dependence, is called the hydrophobic effect. It is important to understand the factors …

Surface tension of the most popular models of water by using the test-area simulation method

C Vega, E de Miguel - The Journal of chemical physics, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
We consider the calculation of the surface tension from simulations of several models of
water, such as the traditional TIP3P, SPC, SPC/E, and TIP4P models, and the new …

Water in nonpolar confinement: from nanotubes to proteins and beyond

JC Rasaiah, S Garde, G Hummer - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Water molecules confined to nonpolar pores and cavities of nanoscopic dimensions exhibit
highly unusual properties. Water filling is strongly cooperative, with the possible coexistence …

Understanding hydrophobic effects: Insights from water density fluctuations

NB Rego, AJ Patel - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The aversion of hydrophobic solutes for water drives diverse interactions and assemblies
across materials science, biology, and beyond. Here, we review the theoretical …