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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 115, Issue 32, Pages 9776-9781Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp204883h
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- NSF [CHE-0709560, CHE-1011746]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Chemistry [1011746] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Monovalent ion hydration entropies are analyzed via energetic partitioning of the potential distribution theorem free energy. Extensive molecular dynamics simulations and free energy calculations are performed over a range of temperatures to determine the electrostatic and van der Waals components of the entropy. The far-field electrostatic contribution is negative and small in magnitude, and it does not vary significantly as a function of ion size, consistent with dielectric models. The local electrostatic contribution, however, varies widely as a function of ion size; the sign yields a direct indication of the kosmotropic (strongly hydrated) or chaotropic (weakly hydrated) nature of the ion hydration. The results provide a thermodynamic signature for specific ion effects in hydration and are consistent with experiments that suggest minimal perturbations of water structure outside the first hydration shell. The hydration entropies are also examined in relation to the corresponding entropies for the isoelectronic rare gas pairs; an inverse correlation is observed, as expected from thermodynamic hydration data.
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