title: Common features in the microscopic dynamics of hydration water on organic and inorganic surfaces.
abstract: The microscopic dynamics of hydration water exhibits some universal features that do not depend on the nature of the hydrated surface. We show that the hydration level dependence of the dynamic transition in the mean squared atomic displacements measured by means of elastic neutron scattering is qualitatively similar for hydration water in inorganic and organic hosts. The difference is that the former are 'rigid', whereas the dynamics of the latter can be enhanced by the motions of the hydration water. The overall hydration level appears to be the main parameter governing the magnitude of the mean squared atomic displacements in the hydration water, irrespective of the details of the hydrated host.
authors.affiliation: Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mamontov
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wesolowski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004548:Elasticity; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D014867:Water; C009495:titanium dioxide; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D014025:Titanium; D009113:Muramidase