This review focuses on papers published since 2000 on the topic of the properties of solutes in water. More specifically, it evaluates the state of the art of our understanding of the complex relationship between the shape of a hydrophobe and the hydrophobic effect. To highlight this, we present a selection of references covering both empirical and molecular dynamics studies of small (molecular-scale) solutes. These include empirical studies of small molecules, synthetic hosts, crystalline monolayers, and proteins, as well as in silico investigations of entities such as idealized hard and soft spheres, small solutes, hydrophobic plates, artificial concavity, molecular hosts, carbon nanotubes and spheres, and proteins.

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分子形状和疏水作用。

这篇综述的重点是自2000年以来发表的有关水中溶质特性的论文。更具体地说，它评估了我们对疏水物形状与疏水作用之间复杂关系的理解的最新技术水平。为了强调这一点，我们提供了一些参考资料，涵盖了小（分子级）溶质的经验和分子动力学研究。其中包括对小分子，合成主体，晶体单分子层和蛋白质的经验研究，以及对实体的计算机模拟研究，例如理想的硬和软球，小溶质，疏水板，人工凹面，分子主体，碳纳米管和球，和蛋白质。