Molecularly Perturbed Liquid Water

Wilse G. Robinson教授在理论与计算化学项目的资助下，使用皮秒激光光谱技术来探测水在有限体积内的结构和动力学。将对水/空气界面的界面水、与亲水和亲水表面接触的水以及靠近离子的水进行研究。Robinson还将使用荧光探测技术来研究生物系统中的水，包括离子通道中、膜壁附近和反胶束内的水。这些研究将为最重要的溶剂水在离子附近、相间界面和生物系统中的行为提供基本的见解。

Professor Wilse G. Robinson is supported by a grant from the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Program to use picocosecond laser spectroscopic techniques to probe the structure and dynamics of water as it exists in confined volumes. Studies will be conducted on interfacial water at the water/air interface, water in contact with hydrophopic and hydrophilic surfaces, and water in close proximity to ions. Robinson will also use fluorescence probing techniques to study water in biological systems including water contained in ion channels, near membrane walls, and inside reversed micelles. %%% These studies will provide fundamental insight into the behavior of water, the most important solvent, in the vicinity of ions, at interfaces between phases, and in biological systems.