Hydration Shell Dynamics of a Hydrophobic Particle

The movie captures 5 picoseconds of a molecular dynamics simulation of a hydrophobic Xenon particle dissolved in liquid water at 275 K and ambient pressure conditions. Shown are the water molecules in the hydration shell, as well as the fluctuating hydrogen bond network. Note the volatility of the hydrogen bond network, and the preferential straddling geometry adopted by the first shell water molecules, trying to keep the hydrogen bond network intact. The position of the "camera" is rotating around the hydrophobic particle and moving with the freely diffusing Xenon particle.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Simulation
• Water
• Hydrophobic
• Molecular
• Dynamics
• Solvation

[andimuellersc]

@ahmedalwitry no. You seem to confuse hydration shells with atomic orbitals. Hyrdation shells are just layers of water molecules around some molecule or ion.

[ahmedalwitry]

the first shell should have a max of two atoms and the second, third, fourth should have a max of atoms of eight.

is that right?



[FelipeZucchetti]

Hey, check-out my ideas about gravity...thanks...have a peaceful life...and keep working...good model...

[yessn0omaybee]

this vid makes no sense! obviously you didnt take un-genius people in account. pls add commentary and and some popping music to it and this vid will be boosted up 5 veiws! thnx. ill be back tomorrow and i hope to see some improvement xo

[ExploreYourMindNC]

Good work guys!

[ZachCows]

Well done. Perhaps some Green Day background music would be nice....

[GodOfThunder08]

Very good, the lipophile molecule is like sospended in water cause H2O molecules can't make any bonds with it. Nice animation

[s0il00kt0y0u]

que?