Cover Feature: Salt Effects on Hydrophobic Solvation: Is the Observed Salt Specificity the Result of Excluded Volume Effects or Water Mediated Ion‐Hydrophobe Association? (ChemPhysChem 6/2020)

The Cover Feature depicts the effects of salt addition on hydrophobic solvation as represented by the micellization of 1,2-hexanediol amphiphile. The addition of salt affects the free energy of cavitation and the packing density of the aqueous solvent. The net result of these two effects is a decrease in the solubility of the hydrophobic tail of 1,2-hexanediol. This is why the micellization of 1,2-hexanediol is enhanced in saline solutions relative to pure water. More information can be found in the Article by O A. Francisco et al. on page 484 in Issue 6, 2020 (DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201901000).