Water in Biological and Chemical Processes: From Structure and Dynamics to Function

ISBN: 9781107439894 出版年：2013 页码：384 Biman Bagchi Cambridge University Press

Part I. Bulk Water: 1. Uniqueness of water 2. Anomalies of water 3. Dynamics of water: molecular motions and hydrogen bond breaking kinetics 4. Inherent structures of liquid water 5. pH of water Part II. Water in Biology: Dynamical View and Function: 6. Biological water 7. Explicit role of water in biological functions 8. Hydration of proteins 9. Can we understand protein hydration layer: lessons from computer simulations 10. Water in and around DNA and RNA 11. Role of water in protein-DNA interaction 12. Water surrounding lipid bilayers 13. Water in Darwin's world Part III. Water in Complex Chemical Systems: 14. Hydrophilic effects 15. Hydrophobic effects 16. Aqueous binary mixtures: amphiphilic effect 17. Water in and around micelles, reverse micelles and microemulsions 18. Water in carbon nanotubes Part IV. Bulk Water: Advanced Topics: 19. Entropy of water 20. Freezing of water into ice 21. Supercritical water 22. Microscopic approaches to understand water anomalies.