Hydration properties of carbohydrates: A clue from molecular dynamics

Lupi, L. (2012) Hydration properties of carbohydrates: A clue from molecular dynamics. Il nuovo cimento C, 35 (5). pp. 81-89. ISSN 1826-9885

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Abstract

A molecular dynamics (MD) simulation study is presented for the dynamics of the polarizability anisotropy of pure water and of water-trehalose solutions as a function of concentration. The calculated time correlation functions (TCF) of the water collective polarizability for the different mixtures are compared and analyzed in terms of two distinct relaxation dynamics in the picoseconds timescale. The two processes have been attributed to the dynamics of bulk and hydration water molecules, respectively, with a retardation factor ∼ 5. The whole picture has been confirmed by the further separation of the total water TCFs into the ones arising from bulk, hydration molecules and a cross term between the two, that allowed a separate estimate of the two relaxation times.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Raman and Rayleigh spectra (including optical scattering) ; Visible spectra
Subjects: 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 24 Apr 2020 16:05
Last Modified: 24 Apr 2020 16:05
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/17933

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