Hydration Phenomena and the Properties of Hydrated Materials

Presentations

• Hydration Forces and the Hygroelastic Theory of Biological Matter

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Ozgur Sahin

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Ozgur Sahin

    • Columbia University

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• Physics of hydration governs properties of diverse hygroscopic biological materials

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Publication: [1] Harrellson, S.G. et al. Hydration solids. Nature 619, 500–505 (2023).

  Presenters

  • Christina McBean

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Christina McBean

    • Columbia University

  • Saima Aktar Sumaiya

    • Columbia University

  • Leonardo Ruiz-Ortega

    • Columbia University

  • Zdenek Otruba

    • Columbia Unviversity

  • Adedayo Ogunlana

  • Brunvens Sejour

  • Ozgur Sahin

    • Columbia University

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• Understanding Frustration and Topology in Nanoconfined Electrolytes with Solute-Frustrated Clock Models

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Hari Rajesh

    • Rutgers New Brunswick

  Authors

  • Hari Rajesh

    • Rutgers New Brunswick

  • Richard Remsing

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• Understanding the hydration of cellulose for antifreeze biopolymer design

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Aakash Kumar

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  Authors

  • Aakash Kumar

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Dilip Gersappe

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

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• Hydration Forces Alter Elasticity of Nanoporous Solids

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Gennady Gor

    • New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Gennady Gor

    • New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • Ashoka Karunarathne

  • Alexei Khalizov

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• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Water Freezing in the Presence of Nanoparticles.

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Jose Nicasio

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  Authors

  • Jose Nicasio

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

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• Local Hydration Properties of Zwitterionic Functional Groups from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Mizuki Kamata

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Mizuki Kamata

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Amalie Frischknecht

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Glenn Fredrickson

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Finite-Size Effects and Convergence of Dielectric Fluctuations in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Water

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Publication: 1) Water Dielectric Function at Finite Wavelength and the Convergence of its Large Wavelength Limit (Static Dielectric) by Fluctuation Formulas (only in SPC/E model).
  2) Water Dielectric Function at Finite Wavelength and the Convergence of its Large Wavelength Limit (Static Dielectric) by Fluctuation Formulas in TIP3P and TIP4P (Planned paper)

  Presenters

  • Prapti Kakkar

    • Iowa State University

  Authors

  • Prapti Kakkar

    • Iowa State University

  • August O'Neil

    • Iowa State University

  • Alex Travesset

    • Ames National Laboratory

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