The finding that immobilized ions can alter the strength of hydrophobic interactions between molecules suggests a strategy for tuning hydrophobicity to optimize molecular recognition and self-assembly processes.
Reference
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Bibtex
@article{garde2015physical, title = {Physical chemistry: Hydrophobic interactions in context}, author = {Garde, Shekhar}, journal = {Nature}, volume = {517}, pages = {277--279}, year = {2015}, doi = {10.1038/517277a} }