Recent progress on molecular theories of hydration of nonpolar solutes in aqueous solution has led to new ways of thinking about the old issue of free, or available volume in liquids. This article surveys the principal new results with particular attention to general issues of packing in liquids.
Reference
Pratt LR, Garde S and Hummer G (). "
Theories of hydrophobic effects and the description of free volume in complex liquids
," NATO Science Series: New Approaches to Problems in Liquid State Theory, 529, 407-420
Bibtex
@article{pratt1999theories,
title = {Theories of hydrophobic effects and the description of free volume in complex liquids},
author = {Pratt, Lawrence R. and Garde, Shekhar and Hummer, Gerhard},
booktitle = {New Approaches to Problems in Liquid State Theory},
series = {NATO Science Series},
editor = {Caccamo, Carlo and Hansen, Jean-Pierre and Stell, George},
volume = {529},
pages = {407--420},
year = {1999},
doi = {10.1007/978-94-011-4564-0_23}
}