Aims. We present the first theoretical study on center-to-limb variation (CLV) properties and relative radius interpretation for narrow and broad-band filters, on the basis of a set of dynamic model atmospheres of C-rich AGB stars. We computed visibility profiles and the equivalent uniform disc radii (UD-radii) in order to investigate the dependence of these quantities upon the wavelength and p...

The effective hydrodynamic radii of small uncharged molecules in dilute aqueous solution were determined using Einstein's classical theory of viscosity. The radii thus obtained are those of a hypothetical sphere whose hydrodynamic behavior is the same as that of the solute molecule plus that water of hydration which is too firmly bound to partake in the viscous shearing process. The results obt...

In applying the Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation for calculating the electrostatic free energies of solute molecules, an open question is how to specify the boundary between the low-dielectric solute and the high-dielectric solvent. Two common specifications of the dielectric boundary, as the molecular surface (MS) or the van der Waals (vdW) surface of the solute, give very different results for...