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The conventional explanation of why hydrophilic surfaces and macromolecules remain well separated in water is that they experience a monotonically repulsive hydration force owing to structuring of water molecules at the surfaces. A consideration of recent experimental and theoretical results suggests an alternative interpretation in which hydration forces are either attractive or oscillatory, and where repulsions have a totally different origin. Further experiments are needed to distinguish between these possibilities.
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Israelachvili, J., Wennerström, H. Role of hydration and water structure in biological and colloidal interactions. Nature 379, 219–225 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/379219a0
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