Abstract
In this exercise students will replicate interactions in a simulated solvent (water, ethanol, etc.) drop that have diameters of a few nanometers across. Students will construct systems that will allow them to review some fundamental interactions such as hydrogen bonding, dipole-dipole interactions and ion-dipole interactions. Students will search for correlations or trends involving molecular interactions and physical parameters. Students will look at ionic, atomic and small molecule interactions in a nanodrop of a common solvent such as water, ethanol and methanol. The diameter of these nanodrops typically ranges from two to six nanometers. Students will examine the interaction of a solvent nanodrop with two enkephalin peptides to better understand molecular folding.
Keywords: Solvents, chemical bonds, molecular interactions, correlations, nanomaterials.
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Thomas J. Manning, Aurora P. Gramatges ;Chemistry in a Nanodrop: From H-Bonds to Peptides, Computer Based Projects for a Chemistry Curriculum (2013) 1: 163. https://doi.org/10.2174/9781608051939113010020
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9781608051939113010020 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |