S. Bandyopadhyay et al., COMPUTER-SIMULATION STUDIES OF AMPHIPHILIC INTERFACES, Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 3(3), 1998, pp. 242-246
Computer simulation has emerged as a powerful probe for analysing the
behavior of amphiphilic systems. The past year has seen several novel
applications, which have given important insights into the nature of t
he water/amphiphile interface as well as the behavior of amphiphiles a
t different liquid/vapor, liquid/liquid and liquid/solid interfaces. T
his review focuses on surfactants and lipids where simulations have re
vealed for the first time an atomistic level description of not only t
he hydration of polar head groups but also the comportment of the hydr
ophobic tails.