Multi-particle interaction in a model of the hydrophobic interaction

D. Bedeaux, G.J.M. Koper, S. Ispolatov and B. Widom

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2001, vol. 291, issue 1, 39-48

Abstract: The multi-particle potential of mean force between interstitial solute molecules in Ben-Naim's one-dimensional, many-state lattice model is calculated. The solution is a direct extension of an earlier calculation of the two-particle interaction by Kolomeisky and Widom (Faraday Dis. 112 (1999) 81). It is found that the many-particle interaction potential is a sum of pair potentials between neighboring particles only. An exact equation of state, expressing the activity in the temperature and the pressure, is derived. The resulting solubility of a gaseous hydrophobe, which is defined osmotically, is calculated and found to increase considerably with the gas density.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00521-5

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