Comment on 'A simple molecular thermodynamic theory of hydrophobic hydration'[J.Chem.Phys.116,2907(2002)]

摘要

In an insightful recent article,W~1,Ashbaugh,Truskett,and Debenedetti(ATD),developed a statistical mechanical model able to capture many of th ethermodynamic signatures of hydrophobic hydration.By using th evan der Waals approximation for the excluded volume effect,the mean-field approximation for the dispersion itneraction,and some geometric an dphysicla criteria forthe occurrence of H-bonds,ATD were able to write down a manageable partitionfunction for a mixture ofnonpolar molecules and water molecules.