The aversion of hydrophobic solutes for water drives diverse interactions and assemblies
across materials science, biology, and beyond. Here, we review the theoretical …

The energy-representation theory of solutions is developed to address the dissolution of a
molecule in homogeneous fluid as well as the partitioning into such nanoscale structures as …

We present a general theory of cooperativity in sorption isotherms that can be applied to
sorbent/gas and sorbent/solution isotherms and is valid even when sorbates dissolve into or …

The concept that a fluid has a position-dependent free energy density appears in the
literature but has not been fully developed or accepted. We set this concept on an …

Sudden onset of solubilization is observed widely around or below the critical micelle
concentration (CMC) of surfactants. It has also been reported that micellization is induced by …

How cosolvents affects solvation has been revealed through the independent determination
of solute-solvent and solute-cosolvent interactions guaranteed by the phase rule. Based on …

Classical density functional theory (DFT) can be used to relate the thermodynamic
properties of solutions to the indirect solvent mediated part of the solute–solvent potential of …

The solubility of hydrophobic solutes increases dramatically with the temperature when
hydrotropes are added to water. In this paper, the mechanism of this well-known observation …

In many practical applications, ions are the primary charge carrier and must move through
either semipermeable membranes or through pores, which mimic ion channels in biological …

A spatially resolved version of the density-functional method for solvation thermodynamics is
presented by extending the free-energy functional previously established in the one …