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Air/Acetonitrile Interfaces
Say I drop some acetonitrile on a grounded surface and it forms a meniscus. The acetonitrile is in air. Lets forget about evaporation for the moment.
Will there be an interfacial dipole formed by the ...
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Is it possible to have an anhydrous solvent for virology, specifically in vitro phage assembly?
Typical protocols for lambda phage in vitro assembly call for you to dump all your viral components and buffer solutions into water. Water is a great solvent, drives extraction of energy from atp, and ...
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Are all humectants sticky?
While using a topical lotion based on ethanol, water and propylene glycol, I noticed that it becomes sticky while drying. Propylene glycol is a humectant and is used for this purpose in ...
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How to model a molecule of benzene surrounded by 100 molecules of water with molecular dynamics?
I have experience calculating molecular properties (mostly DFT). However, I would like to spend some time on molecular dynamics methods. I would like to ask your advice to direct me towards a program ...
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Solubility of alcohols in non-polar solvents
The solubility of an alcohol in a non-polar solvent (like hexane) increases with size of the alcohol, as the non-polar chain increases. However, as the chain keeps increasing, will the solubility ...
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Which potentials are suitable for molecular dynamics simulation of simple explicit solvents?
Which potentials (force fields) are suitable for adequately simulating (mixtures of) explicit solvents? Interesting rheological properties include viscosity, surface tension, heat capacity.
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How do non-polar substances dissolve in non-polar solvents?
The case of polar solvents is clear to me - we get an attraction between opposite charges. However, how do non-polar substances dissolve in non-polar solvents? How could it be explained on a molecular ...
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