Aqueous solutions and Molecular solvents
Water is present in every aspect of life, and has been studied for 100s of years, however the molecular level interactions and dynamics of water molecules are still being explored
- Why study water
- Our publicatons related to the aqueous phase and molecular solvents
- general information about water for the non-specialist
- links to other water web-sites, and to other research groups who study water
Research Highlights
- Oct 2015 Gabriels paper on the energy needed to split a water droplet has been published.
- Feb 2015 How does the surface tension of a water droplet change as you make it larger and larger? Gabriels paper on surface tension has been published. This article was one of the most read articles in the Surfaces, Interfaces and Materials section of JCP for 2015 (Aug)
- Oct 2014 Tricia gave an evening presentation to the Lichfield Science and Engineering Society
"Inside Water"
Publications
- doi Water droplet excess free energy determined by cluster mitosis using guided molecular dynamics, G. Lau, P.A. Hunt, E. Muller, G. Jackson and I. Ford J. Chem. Phys., 2015, 143, no 244709
- doi Surface thermodynamics of planar, cylindrical and spherical vapour-liquid interfaces of water, G.V. Lau, I.J. Ford, P.A. Hunt, E.A. Müller and G. Jackson J. Chem. Phys., 2015, 142, no.114701
- doi Linking electronic and molecular structure: Insight into aqueous chloride solvation, Ling Ge, Leonardo Bernasconi and Patricia Hunt PCCP, 2013, Vol 15, 13169-13183.
- doi Structural and dynamic properties of the new alternative refrigerant 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene (HFO-1234yf) in the liquid state., I. Skarmoutsos, Patricia A. Hunt, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, Vol:114, 17120-17127
- doi Why are ionic liquid ions mainly associated in water? A Car-Parrinello study of 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium chloride water mixture, C. Spickermann, J. Thar, S. Lehmann, S. Zahn, J. Hunger, R. Buchner, PA Hunt, T. Welton, B. Kirchner, J. Chem. Phys., 2008, Vol 129, Iss. (10), no 104505
- doi On the position of the highest occupied molecular orbital in aqueous solutions of simple ions Patricia Hunt and Michiel Sprik, Chem. Phys. Chem., 2005, Vol 6, Iss. (9), 1805-1808.
- doi Thermal versus Electronic Broadening in the Density of States of Liquid Water, Patricia Hunt, Rudolphe Vuilleumier and Michiel Sprik, Chem. Phys. Lett, 2003, Vol 376 Iss. (1-2), 68-74.
Previous Research Highlights
- July 2013 Ling's article has been selected by PCCP as a hot article for the week July 8-12 (link to the paper which is open-access so anyone can read it!)
- Sept 2013 Tricia gave an invited talk at the CPMD 2013 conference in Leipzig, Germany. Title: "Linking Electronic and Molecular Structure: Insight into Aqueous Chloride Solvation"
- March 2012 Tricia spoke spoke as an expert about the molecular and electronic structure of water on the BBC4 radio show "In Our Time" And if you didn't quite catch what she spoke about there is a little more here!
