In chemistry, hydrophobicity is the chemical property of a molecule (called a hydrophobe) that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water. [1] In contrast, hydrophiles are attracted to water. Hydrophobic molecules tend to be nonpolar and, thus, prefer other neutral molecules and nonpolar solvents .

The “iceberg” structural model of hydrophobic effects. The ordered water structure is expected to form around the solute. As two “caged” solutes become together, the “structured” water in the region between them may be returned to the bulk.

In the vicinity of molecular hydrophobes such as methane, the hydration waters are able to maintain all their hydrogen bonds, but accommodating the hydrophobe severely constrains the hydrogen bonding network of water . This strain on the hydrogen bonding network is reflected in a large negative entropy of hydration; it is this entropic penalty ...

2023年1月30日 · When a hydrophobe is dropped in an aqueous medium, hydrogen bonds between water molecules will be broken to make room for the hydrophobe; however, water molecules do not react with hydrophobe. This is considered an endothermic reaction, because when bonds are broken heat is put into the system.

In the case of protein folding, the hydrophobic effect is important to understanding the structure of proteins that have hydrophobic amino acids (such as valine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, tryptophan and methionine) clustered together within the protein.Structures of globular proteins have a hydrophobic core in which hydrophobic side …

2013年7月16日 · Hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials are defined by the geometry of water on a flat surface — specifically, the angle between a droplet’s edge and the surface underneath it.

hydrophobic翻译：（物质）疏水的, 恐水的。了解更多。

hydrophobe，英文单词，主要用作为名词、形容词，作名词时译为“憎水物；疏水物；狂犬病患者”；作形容词时译为“疏水的；憎水的”。

2016年4月1日 · The hydrophobic environment could be the pure liquid of the hydrophobe, a dilute solution in another hydrophobic liquid, the interior of a micelle, or the interior of a monolayer (or bilayer) of an adsorbed surfactant. It could also be the interior of a protein, having conformations such that the hydrophobic parts are hidden from the water.

Hydrophobe is a term from chemistry for a substance that does not mix with water. Examples of such substances are different types of vegetable oils, and fats. Many hydrophobic substances are lipophiles, they mix with fats and oils easily.