Solvent coarse-graining and the string method applied to the hydrophobic collapse of a hydrated chain

Details Solvent coarse-graining and the string method applied to the hydrophobic collapse of a hydrated chain Solvent coarse-graining and the string method applied to the hydrophobic collapse of a hydrated chain

2007-02-17

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702407v1

Proc. Natl. Acad. USA, 104, 14559 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

11 pages, 7 figures, including supporting information

Scientific paper

10.1073/pnas.0705830104

Using computer simulations of over 100,000 atoms, the mechanism for the hydrophobic collapse of an idealized hydrated chain is obtained. This is done by coarse-graining the atomistic water molecule positions over 129,000 collective variables that represent the water density field and then using the string method in these variables to compute the minimum free energy pathway (MFEP) for the collapsing chain. The dynamical relevance of the MFEP (i.e. its coincidence with the mechanism of collapse) is validated a posteriori using conventional molecular dynamics trajectories. Analysis of the MFEP provides atomistic confirmation for the mechanism of hydrophobic collapse proposed by ten Wolde and Chandler. In particular, it is shown that lengthscale-dependent hydrophobic dewetting is the rate-limiting step in the hydrophobic collapse of the considered chain.

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