Fluctuations of Water Near Extended Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Surfaces

Overview

Journal J Phys Chem B

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2010 Jan 12

PMID 20058869

Citations 58

Authors

Amish J Patel

Patrick Varilly

David Chandler

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Abstract

We use molecular dynamics simulations of the SPC-E model of liquid water to derive probability distributions for water density fluctuations in probe volumes of different shapes and sizes, both in the bulk as well as near hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces. Our results are obtained with a biased sampling of coarse-grained densities that is easily combined with molecular dynamics integration algorithms. Our principal result is that the probability for density fluctuations of water near a hydrophobic surface, with or without surface water attractions, is akin to density fluctuations at the water-vapor interface. Specifically, the probability of density depletion near the surface is significantly larger than that in the bulk, and this enhanced probability is responsible for hydrophobic forces of assembly. In contrast, we find that the statistics of water density fluctuations near a model hydrophilic surface are similar to that in the bulk.

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