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Dudariev D, Koverga V, Kalugin O, Miannay FA, Polok K, Takamuku T, Jedlovszky P, Idrissi A. Insight to the Local Structure of Mixtures of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Molecular Solvents from Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Voronoi Analysis. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:2534-2545. [PMID: 36892904 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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While the physicochemical properties as well as the NMR and vibration spectroscopic data of the mixtures of ionic liquids (ILs) with molecular solvents undergo a drastic change around the IL mole fraction of 0.2, the local structure of the mixtures pertaining to this behavior remains unclear. In this work, the local structure of 12 mixtures of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cation (C4mim+) combined with perfluorinated anions, such as tetrafluoroborate (BF4-), hexafluorophosphate (PF6-), trifluoromethylsulfonate (TFO-), and bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, (TFSI-), and aprotic dipolar solvents, such as acetonitrile (AN), propylene carbonate (PC), and gamma butyrolactone (γ-BL) is studied by molecular dynamics simulations in the entire composition range, with an emphasis on the IL mole fractions around 0.2. Distributions of metric properties corresponding to the Voronoi polyhedra of the particles (volume assigned to the particles, local density, radius of spherical voids) are determined, using representative sites of the cations, anions, and the solvent molecules, to characterize the changes in the local structure of these mixtures. By analyzing the mole fraction dependence of the average value, fluctuation, and skewness parameter of these distributions, the present study reveals that, around the IL mole fraction of 0.2, the local structure of the mixture undergoes a transition between that determined by the interionic interactions and that determined by the interactions between the ions and solvent molecules. It should be noted that the strength of the interactions between the ions and the solvent molecules, modulated by the change in the composition of the mixture, plays an important role in the occurrence of this transition. The signature of the change in the local structure is traced back to the nonlinear change of the mean values, fluctuations, and skewness values of the metric Voronoi polyhedra distributions.
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- Dmytro Dudariev
- University of Lille, CNRS UMR 8516 -LASIRe - Laboratoire Avancé de Spectroscopie pour les Interactions la Réactivité et l'environnement, 59000 Lille, France
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody sq. 4, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody sq. 4, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- University of Lille, CNRS UMR 8516 -LASIRe - Laboratoire Avancé de Spectroscopie pour les Interactions la Réactivité et l'environnement, 59000 Lille, France
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Laboratory of Spectroscopy and Intermolecular Interactions, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, Warsaw 02-089, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Honjo-machi, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Eszterházy Károly University, Leányka u. 6, 3300 Eger, Hungary
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- University of Lille, CNRS UMR 8516 -LASIRe - Laboratoire Avancé de Spectroscopie pour les Interactions la Réactivité et l'environnement, 59000 Lille, France
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Shelepova EA, Medvedev NN. Connection between empty volume and solubility of light gases in [CnMIM][NTf2] ionic liquids. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Koverga V, Maity N, Miannay FA, Kalugin ON, Juhasz A, Świątek A, Polok K, Takamuku T, Jedlovszky P, Idrissi A. Voronoi Polyhedra as a Tool for the Characterization of Inhomogeneous Distribution in 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Cation-Based Ionic Liquids. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:10419-10434. [PMID: 33151074 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c07398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The inhomogeneity distribution in four imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) containing the 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium (C4mim) cation, coupled with tetrafluoroborate (BF4), hexafluorophosphate (PF6), bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide (TFSA), and trifluoromethanesulfonate (TfO) anions, was characterized using Voronoi polyhedra. For this purpose, molecular dynamic simulations have been performed on the isothermal-isobaric (NpT) ensemble. We checked the ability of the potential models to reproduce the experimental density, heat of vaporization, and transport properties (diffusion and viscosity) of these ionic liquids. The inhomogeneity distribution of ions around the ring, methyl, and butyl chain terminal hydrogen atoms of the C4mim cation was investigated by means of Voronoi polyhedra analysis. For this purpose, the position of the C4mim cation was described successively by the ring, methyl, and butyl chain terminal hydrogen atoms, while that of the anions was described by their F or O atom. We calculated the Voronoi polyhedra distributions of the volume, the density, and the asphericity parameters as well as that of the radius of the spherical intermolecular voids. We carried out the analysis in two steps. In the first step, both ions were taken into account. The calculated distributions gave information on the neighboring ions around a reference one. In the second step, to distinguish between like and oppositely charged ions and then to get information on the inhomogeneity distribution of the like ions, we repeated the same calculations on the same sample configurations and removed one of the ions and considered only the other one. Detailed analysis of these distributions has revealed that the ring hydrogen atoms are mainly solvated by the anions, while the methyl and butyl terminal H atoms are surrounded by like atoms. The extent of this inhomogeneity was assessed by calculating the cluster size distribution that shows that the dimers are the most abundant ones.
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- Volodymyr Koverga
- Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman, UMR CNRS A8516, Université de Lille, Science et Technologies, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France.,Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Technopôle Helioparc, 2, Avenue Pierre Angot, 64053 Pau Cedex 9, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France
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- Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman, UMR CNRS A8516, Université de Lille, Science et Technologies, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman, UMR CNRS A8516, Université de Lille, Science et Technologies, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svoboda Square 4, Kharkiv 61022, Ukraine
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- Laboratory of Nanochemistry, Department of Biophysics Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest 1089, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Spectroscopy and Intermolecular Interactions, Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Spectroscopy and Intermolecular Interactions, Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Honjo-machi, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Eszterházy Károly University, Leányka utca 6, H-3300 Eger, Hungary
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- Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman, UMR CNRS A8516, Université de Lille, Science et Technologies, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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Kuznetsov GV, Strizhak PA, Shlegel’ NE. Interaction of Water and Suspension Droplets during Their Collisions in a Gas Medium. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0040579519050312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Antonov DV, Strizhak PA. Heating, evaporation, fragmentation, and breakup of multi-component liquid droplets when heated in air flow. Chem Eng Res Des 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2019.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Antonov D, Volkov R, Strizhak P. An explosive disintegration of heated fuel droplets with adding water. Chem Eng Res Des 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2018.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nanospikes-mediated Anomalous Dispersities of Hydropobic Micro-objects and their Application for Oil Emulsion Cleaning. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12600. [PMID: 30135437 PMCID: PMC6105594 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30339-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Many fields of applications require dispersion of hydrophobic particles in water, which is traditionally achieved by using surfactants or amphiphilic molecules to modify particle surfaces. However, surfactants or amphiphilic molecules may disturb the native solution or particles' surface hydrophobicity, limiting extended applications such as oil emulsion cleaning. Recently one example of 2 μm-size polystyrene microparticles covered with ZnO nanospikes has been shown to exhibit excellent dispersity in water in spite of surface hydrophobicity. Whether this anomalous dispersion phenomenon was applicable to other hydrophobic microparticle systems was still unclear and its application scope was limited. Here the anomalous dispersities of different hydrophobic spiky micro-objects were systematically explored. The results show that the anomalous dispersion phenomenon was universally observed on different hydrophobic spiky micro-objects including different hydrophobic coating, particle sizes, material compositions and core particle morphologies. In addition, the spiky micro-objects displayed anomalous dispersity in water without compromising surface hydrophobicity, and their applications for oil spills absorption and oil emulsion cleaning were demonstrated. This work offers unique insight on the nanospikes-mediated anomalous dispersion phenomenon of hydrophobic micro-object and potentially extends its applicability and application scopes.
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Ashbaugh HS, Barnett JW, Saltzman A, Langrehr M, Houser H. Connections between the Anomalous Volumetric Properties of Alcohols in Aqueous Solution and the Volume of Hydrophobic Association. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:3242-3250. [PMID: 28968101 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b08728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The partial molar volumes of alcohols in water exhibit a non-monotonic dependence on concentration at room temperature, initially decreasing with increasing concentration before passing through a minimum and rising to the pure liquid plateau. This anomalous behavior is associated with hydrophobic interactions. We report molecular simulations of short chain alcohols and alkanes in water to examine the volumetric properties of these mixtures at infinite dilution over a range of temperatures. Our simulations find this anomaly disappears at a crossover temperature, above which the solute volume only varies monotonically with concentration. A Voronoi volume analysis of solution configurations finds that solutes in clusters take up less space than individual solutes at low temperature and more space at elevated temperatures. These changes in cluster volumes are subsequently shown to correlate with the derivative of the solute partial molar volume with respect to solute concentration. The changes in solute volume upon nonpolar solute association impact the response of molecular-scale hydrophobic interactions for assembly with increasing pressure.
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- Henry S Ashbaugh
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Tulane University , New Orleans , Louisiana 70118 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Tulane University , New Orleans , Louisiana 70118 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Tulane University , New Orleans , Louisiana 70118 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , University of Delaware , Newark , Delaware 19716 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Tulane University , New Orleans , Louisiana 70118 , United States
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Evaporation, boiling and explosive breakup of oil–water emulsion drops under intense radiant heating. Chem Eng Res Des 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2017.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Smolin N, Voloshin VP, Anikeenko AV, Geiger A, Winter R, Medvedev NN. TMAO and urea in the hydration shell of the protein SNase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:6345-6357. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07903b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We performed all-atom MD simulations of the protein SNase in aqueous solution and in the presence of two major osmolytes, trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) and urea, as cosolvents at various concentrations and compositions and at different pressures and temperatures.
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- Nikolai Smolin
- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology
- Loyola University Chicago
- Maywood
- USA
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- Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion
- 630090 Novosibirsk
- Russia
- Novosibirsk State University
- 630090 Novosibirsk
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- Physikalische Chemie
- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie
- Technische Universität Dortmund
- 44221 Dortmund
- Germany
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- Physikalische Chemie
- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie
- Technische Universität Dortmund
- 44221 Dortmund
- Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion
- 630090 Novosibirsk
- Russia
- Novosibirsk State University
- 630090 Novosibirsk
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Del Galdo S, Marracino P, D'Abramo M, Amadei A. In silico characterization of protein partial molecular volumes and hydration shells. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 17:31270-7. [PMID: 26549621 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp05891k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In this paper we present a computational approach, based on NVT molecular dynamics trajectories, that allows the direct evaluation of the protein partial molecular volume. The results obtained for five different globular proteins demonstrate the accuracy of this computational procedure in reproducing protein partial molecular volumes, providing quantitative characterization of the hydration shell in terms of the protein excluded volume, hydration shell ellipsoidal volume and related solvent density. Remarkably, our data indicate for the hydration shell a ≈10% solvent density increase with respect to the liquid water bulk density, in excellent agreement with the available experimental data.
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- Sara Del Galdo
- Department of Chemical Science and Technology, University of Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Roma, Italy.
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- Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Roma Sapienza, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Roma Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technology, University of Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Roma, Italy.
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Partial molar volume of nonionic surfactants in aqueous solution studied by the KB/3D-RISM–KH theory. J Mol Liq 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2016.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Del Galdo S, Amadei A. The unfolding effects on the protein hydration shell and partial molar volume: a computational study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:28175-28182. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp05029h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this paper we apply the computational analysis recently proposed by our group to characterize the solvation properties of a native protein in aqueous solution, and to four model aqueous solutions of globular proteins in their unfolded states thus characterizing the protein unfolded state hydration shell and quantitatively evaluating the protein unfolded state partial molar volumes.
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- Sara Del Galdo
- Department of Chemical Science and Technology
- University of Roma Tor Vergata
- 00133 Roma
- Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technology
- University of Roma Tor Vergata
- 00133 Roma
- Italy
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Vilseck JZ, Tirado-Rives J, Jorgensen WL. Determination of partial molar volumes from free energy perturbation theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:8407-15. [PMID: 25589343 PMCID: PMC4872387 DOI: 10.1039/c4cp05304d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Partial molar volume is an important thermodynamic property that gives insights into molecular size and intermolecular interactions in solution. Theoretical frameworks for determining the partial molar volume (V°) of a solvated molecule generally apply Scaled Particle Theory or Kirkwood-Buff theory. With the current abilities to perform long molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations, more direct methods are gaining popularity, such as computing V° directly as the difference in computed volume from two simulations, one with a solute present and another without. Thermodynamically, V° can also be determined as the pressure derivative of the free energy of solvation in the limit of infinite dilution. Both approaches are considered herein with the use of free energy perturbation (FEP) calculations to compute the necessary free energies of solvation at elevated pressures. Absolute and relative partial molar volumes are computed for benzene and benzene derivatives using the OPLS-AA force field. The mean unsigned error for all molecules is 2.8 cm(3) mol(-1). The present methodology should find use in many contexts such as the development and testing of force fields for use in computer simulations of organic and biomolecular systems, as a complement to related experimental studies, and to develop a deeper understanding of solute-solvent interactions.
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- Jonah Z Vilseck
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA.
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Voloshin VP, Medvedev NN, Smolin N, Geiger A, Winter R. Exploring volume, compressibility and hydration changes of folded proteins upon compression. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:8499-508. [PMID: 25685984 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp00251f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Understanding the physical basis of the structure, stability and function of proteins in solution, including extreme environmental conditions, requires knowledge of their temperature and pressure dependent volumetric properties. One physical-chemical property of proteins that is still little understood is their partial molar volume and its dependence on temperature and pressure. We used molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous solutions of a typical monomeric folded protein, staphylococcal nuclease (SNase), to study and analyze the pressure dependence of the apparent volume, Vapp, and its components by the Voronoi-Delaunay method. We show that the strong decrease of Vapp with pressure (βT = 0.95 × 10(-5) bar(-1), in very good agreement with the experimental value) is essentially due to the compression of the molecular volume, VM, ultimately, of its internal voids, V. Changes of the intrinsic volume (defined as the Voronoi volume of the molecule), the contribution of the solvent to the apparent volume, and of the contribution of the boundary voids between the protein and the solvent have also been studied and quantified in detail. The pressure dependences of the volumetric characteristics obtained are compared with the temperature dependent behavior of these quantities and with corresponding results for a natively unfolded polypeptide.
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- Vladimir P Voloshin
- Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Voloshin VP, Medvedev NN, Smolin N, Geiger A, Winter R. Disentangling Volumetric and Hydrational Properties of Proteins. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:1881-90. [DOI: 10.1021/jp510891b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Vladimir P. Voloshin
- Institute of Chemical
Kinetics and Combustion, SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical
Kinetics and Combustion, SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois 60153, United States
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- Physikalische
Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, Technische Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Physikalische
Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, Technische Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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Ploetz EA, Smith PE. Infinitely dilute partial molar properties of proteins from computer simulation. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:12844-54. [PMID: 25325571 PMCID: PMC4234426 DOI: 10.1021/jp508632h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A detailed understanding of temperature and pressure effects on an infinitely dilute protein's conformational equilibrium requires knowledge of the corresponding infinitely dilute partial molar properties. Established molecular dynamics methodologies generally have not provided a way to calculate these properties without either a loss of thermodynamic rigor, the introduction of nonunique parameters, or a loss of information about which solute conformations specifically contributed to the output values. Here we implement a simple method that is thermodynamically rigorous and possesses none of the above disadvantages, and we report on the method's feasibility and computational demands. We calculate infinitely dilute partial molar properties for two proteins and attempt to distinguish the thermodynamic differences between a native and a denatured conformation of a designed miniprotein. We conclude that simple ensemble average properties can be calculated with very reasonable amounts of computational power. In contrast, properties corresponding to fluctuating quantities are computationally demanding to calculate precisely, although they can be obtained more easily by following the temperature and/or pressure dependence of the corresponding ensemble averages.
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- Elizabeth A Ploetz
- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University , 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-0401, United States
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Voloshin VP, Kim AV, Medvedev NN, Winter R, Geiger A. Calculation of the volumetric characteristics of biomacromolecules in solution by the Voronoi–Delaunay technique. Biophys Chem 2014; 192:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2014.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Medvedev NN, Voloshin VP, Kim AV, Anikeenko AV, Geiger A. Culation of partial molar volume and its components for molecular dynamics models of dilute solutions. J STRUCT CHEM+ 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476613080088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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