Figure 22.1.2.1

Chapman, M. S.; Connolly, M. L.

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Figure 22.1.2.1

M. S. Chapman^b ^* and M. L. Connolly^c

Figure 22.1.2.1

Surfaces in a plane cut through a hypothetical molecule. The molecular surface consists of the sum of the atomic surfaces that can be contacted by solvent molecules and the surface of the space between atoms from which solvent molecules are excluded. The solvent-accessible surface is the surface formed by the set of the centres of spheres that are in closest contact with the molecular surface.