The talk will review our theoretical and molecular simulation works that predict and elucidate thermodynamic driving forces and kinetic factors pertinent to nanoconfined water and its saline solutions. Examples will range from changes in hydration in response to surface texture, to nanoelectrowetting. A picture emerges in which molecular modeling can dissect nanoscale phenonema in ways that surprise. Applying this knowledge we will show how to tailor wetting properties in a reversible manner, to make smart or responsive surfaces for dynamical tunable devices.

Reversible control of nanoscale hydration

250th National Meeting (2015)

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