Water pulls the strings in hydrophobic polymer collapse.
Hummer
Gerhard
G
Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520, USA. gerhard.hummer@nih.gov
D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D007700:Kinetics; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D011108:Polymers; D011506:Proteins; D012997:Solvents; D014867:Water