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On the Thermal Expansion of Water and the Phase Behavior of Macromolecules in Aqueous Solution

Published:2008-06-01 Issue:6 Volume:63 Page:785-790
ISSN:1865-7117
Container-title:Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B
language:en
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Author:

Meersman Filip¹,Nies Erik¹²,Heremans Karel¹

Affiliation:

1. Division of Molecular and Nanomaterials, Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium

2. Laboratory of Polymer Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Abstract

Water is crucial for the existence of life as we know it, and many have wondered what makes water so special. Here we point out the analogies between the pressure-temperature dependence of the isobaric thermal expansion of water (αp) and the pressure-temperature phase behavior of macromolecules in aqueous solutions. We suggest that αp could be the key to understand why water is to be the so-called ‘matrix of life’.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Chemistry

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/znb-2008-0629/pdf

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