The Influence of Cohesive Imbalance Induced Dewetting on Hydrophobic Solvation and Association Equilibria

在这个由化学系实验物理化学项目资助的奖项中，普渡大学的Dor Ben-Amotz教授和他的研究生将通过实验和理论相结合的研究来研究疏水物种的水溶液溶剂化。该计划的目的是批判性地测试最近关于溶剂化的理论的各个方面，这些理论强调了非极性分子周围的溶剂排出的重要性(去湿)。这些研究的结果应该有助于解释各种各样的重要过程：从生物膜的形成到自组装、分子识别、化学分离和环境修复。除了在几个科学领域的研究的广泛影响外，本-阿莫茨教授将继续为他的研究学生提供出色的实验和理论方法培训。

In this award, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Prof. Dor Ben-Amotz of Purdue University and his graduate research students will study the aqueous solvation of hydrophobic species with a combined experimental and theoretical study. The aim of the program is to critically test aspects of recent theories on solvation that emphasize the importance of solvent expulsion around non-polar molecules (dewetting). The results of these studies should help to explain a broad variety of important processes: from the formation of biological membranes to self-assembly, molecular recognition, chemical separation and environmental remediation.Besides the broad impact of the research on several areas of science, Prof. Ben-Amotz will continue to provide his research students with excellent training in experimental as well as theoretical methods.