My personal involvement with the problem of hydrophobic
interactions (HI) began about ten years ago. At that time I was
asked to write a review article on the properties of aqueous
solutions of nonpolar solutes. While surveying the literature on
this subject I found numerous discussions of the concept of HI. My
interest in these interactions increased especially after reading
the now classical review of W. Kauzmann (1959), in which the
importance of the HI to biochemical processes is stressed. Yet, in
spite of having read quite extensively on the various aspects of
the subject, I acquired only a very vague idea of what people
actually had in mind when referring to HI. In fact, it became quite
clear that the term HI was applied by different authors to describe
and interpret quite different phenomena occurring in aqueous
solutions. Thus, even the most fundamental question of the very
definition of the concept of HI remained unanswered. But other
questions followed, e. g.: Are HI really a well established
experimental fact? Is there any relation between HI and the
peculiar properties of water? Is the phenomenon really unique to
aqueous solutions? Finally, perhaps the most crucial question I
sought to answer was whether or not there exists hard evidence that
HI are really important -as often claimed-in biological processes."
General
Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2012 |
First published: |
1980 |
Authors: |
Arieh Y. Ben-Naim
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
320 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4684-3547-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Chemistry >
Physical chemistry >
General
|
LSN: |
1-4684-3547-7 |
Barcode: |
9781468435474 |
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