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Stokes' law states that the friction coefficient of an object in a solvent does not depend on an external confining potential, but this assumption turns out not to be true. New simulations show that a methane molecule in water experiences a significant increase in its friction coefficient, a finding which has wide ranging implications for understanding molecular dynamics in solvents.
Daldrop et al. (Thu,) studied this question.