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EPSRC Reference: GR/K12465/01
Title: THE STRUCTURAL BASIS OF THE HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION
Principal Investigator: Finney, Professor JL
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Department: Physics and Astronomy
Organisation: UCL
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 24 October 1994 Ends: 23 October 1997 Value (£): 116,163
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Chemical Structure
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Isotope substitution neutron scattering data will be taken on aqueous solutions of t-BuoH and THF as functions of temperature and concentration.1. Solute-solute pair distributions will allow the potential of mean force to be extracted, and compared with theory and simulations.2. Solute-water orientational structure will define the hydration shells surrounding the non-polar groups.3. Water-water orientational structure close to non-polar groups will be compared to that in bulk water to test the standard explanation of the hydrophobic interaction.
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