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Physical chemistry

the tendency of nonpolar molecules or groups to cluster together in water, driven largely by the entropy of the surrounding water.

In physical chemistry, hydrophobic effect refers to the tendency of nonpolar molecules or groups to cluster together in water, driven largely by the entropy of the surrounding water. This meaning comes from Kauzmann (1959) in Advances in Protein Chemistry.[1]

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References

Kauzmann, W. (1959). Some Factors in the Interpretation of Protein Denaturation. In Advances in Protein Chemistry (pp. 1-63). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-3233(08)60608-7

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