Biman Bagchi, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
xviii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered plates :
illustrations (some color) ;
23 cm
Cambridge molecular science
Includes bibliographical references and index
Part I. Bulk Water: 1. Uniqueness of water -- 2. Anomalies of water -- 3. Dynamics of water: molecular motions and hydrogen bond breaking kinetics -- 4. Inherent structures of liquid water -- 5. pH of water -- Part II. Water in Biology: Dynamical View and Function: 6. Biological water -- 7. Explicit role of water in biological functions -- 8. Hydration of proteins -- 9. Can we understand protein hydration layer: lessons from computer simulations -- 10. Water in and around DNA and RNA -- 11. Role of water in protein-DNA interaction -- 12. Water surrounding lipid bilayers -- 13. Water in Darwin's world -- Part III. Water in Complex Chemical Systems: 14. Hydrophilic effects -- 15. Hydrophobic effects -- 16. Aqueous binary mixtures: amphiphilic effect -- 17. Water in and around micelles, reverse micelles and microemulsions -- 18. Water in carbon nanotubes -- Part IV. Bulk Water: Advanced Topics: 19. Entropy of water -- 20. Freezing of water into ice -- 21. Supercritical water -- 22. Microscopic approaches to understand water anomalies