肯尼斯·乔丹, Richard King Mellon Professor and Distinguished Professor of Computational Chemistry in the 化学系, is part of the research team behind the paper “空气-水界面对二价金属离子络合反应的羧酸盐头基的分子水平起源,” published in the July edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences.

本文从微观层面考察了表面活性剂模型体系的水化作用。 肥皂等表面活性剂的一端被水吸引，另一端被油性物质吸引。