Contact Interactions between Polymeric Particles

The adhesion interaction between the particles of various amorphous glassy polymers and crystallizing poly(ethylene glycol) is investigated in the air and in the argon atmosphere. A strong effect of adsorption phenomena on the molecular attraction of polymers is disclosed.     

Intelligent Surfaces Thermally Switchable between the Highly Rough and Entirely Smooth States

Reversible switching from a highly rough surface to another entirely smooth surface under external stimuli is crucial for intelligent materials applied in the fields of anti-fogging,self-cleaning,oil-water separation and biotechnology.In this work,a thermal-responsive liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) surface covered with oriented micropillars is prepared via a facile two-step crosslinking method coupled with an extrusion molding program.The reversible change of topological structures of the LCE surface along with temperature is investigated by metallographic microscope,atomic force microscopy and optical contact angle measuring system.At room temperature,the LCE sample is filled with plenty of micropillars with an average length of 8.76 μm,resulting in a super-hydrophobic surface with a water contact angle (WCA) of 135°.When the temperature is increased to above the clearing point,all the micropillars disappear,the LCE surface becomes entirely fiat and presents a hydrophilic state with a WCA of 64°.The roughness-related wetting property of this microstructured LCE surface possesses good recyclability in several heating/cooling cycles.This work realizes a truly reversible transformation from a highly rough surface to an entirely smooth surface,and might promote the potential applications of this dynamic-responsive LCE surface in smart sensors and biomimetic control devices.     

Magnetic Actuation of Drops and Liquid Marbles Using a Deformable Paramagnetic Liquid Substrate

The magnetic actuation of deposited drops has mainly relied on volume forces exerted on the liquid to be transported, which is poorly efficient with conventional diamagnetic liquids such as water and oil, unless magnetosensitive particles are added. Herein, we describe a new and additive‐free way to magnetically control the motion of discrete liquid entities. Our strategy consists of using a paramagnetic liquid as a deformable substrate to direct, using a magnet, the motion of various floating liquid entities, ranging from naked drops to liquid marbles. A broad variety of liquids, including diamagnetic (water, oil) and nonmagnetic ones, can be efficiently transported using the moderate magnetic field (ca. 50 mT) produced by a small permanent magnet. Complex trajectories can be achieved in a reliable manner and multiplexing potential is demonstrated through on‐demand drop fusion. Our paramagnetofluidic method advantageously works without any complex equipment or electric power, in phase with the necessary development of robust and low‐cost analytical and diagnostic fluidic devices.     

一类西弗碱基光致异构化分子在不同基底上的表面增强拉曼光谱(英文)

由水杨醛衍生得到的Schiff碱由于其具有起因于受激分子内质子转移的光致 (热致 )变色性质而受到了人们的重视 .本文利用表面增强拉曼光谱研究了该类化合物在金、银基底及银溶胶表面上的拉曼光谱 ,比较了不同基底对吸附分子结构的影响     

Adhesive Contact of Elastically Deformable Spheres: A Computational Study of Pull-Off Force and Contact Radius

Elastic spheres in contact deform around the contact region, due to intermolecular interaction forces. The deformed contacting surfaces change the distance between interacting molecules that in turn alters the force of interaction. Thus, the contact behavior of elastic spheres constitutes a nonlinear mathematical problem that defies the traditional analytical methods for general solution. Efficient computational techniques have enabled a detailed study of adhesive contact behavior of elastically deformable spheres with self-consistent solutions of a nonlinear integral governing equation. The present work extends the previous computational analysis to the quantities of practical interests such as the pull-off force and the radius of contact area. Trends of variations in the pull-off force as physical properties change are examined. Computationally determined radial positions as stress condition indicators suggest that the concept of contact radius is not clearly defined in the literature and can be confusing. It seems that some contact mechanics models would be consistent with the definition of the edge of contact area as the radial position for the local surface stress to change from compression to tension, whereas others would rather assume the contact radius as the radial position for the local tensile stress to reach its peak. The substantial quantitative deviation of self-consistently computed contact radius from the DMT model prediction suggests that models based on the assumption of a well-defined contact area having a constant gap may not be appropriate when describing cases of small values of Tabor's parameter. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

Exploring Intermolecular Interactions of a Substrate Binding Protein Using a Riboswitch-Based Sensor

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The Comparative Study of Co Adsorption on Smooth and Rough Rhodium Electrodes

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The adsorption of carbon monoxide on smooth and Rh/Rh rhodium electrodes has been studied by potentiodynamic and radiochemical techniques. It was shown that there are marked differences between CO adsorption products on these two kinds of electrodes. The results were compared with the data of CO₂ adsorption studies on rhodium electrodes.     

Contact Interactions between Individual Fibers of Cellulose and Its Derivatives: Mechanism of Cationic Surfactant Action

The effect of cationic surfactants (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and tetrabutylammonium iodide) and cationic polyelectrolyte polyethylenimine on the coefficient of friction and adhesion force p(during shear and tensile testing, respectively) at the point contacts between the individual fibers of cellulose, viscose, and cellulose acetate was studied. The comparison of these data with the results of -potential and adsorption measurements enabled us to relate the nonmonotonic dependence of parameters and pon the surfactant concentration to the changes in electrosurface properties and the hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity of the fibers. The specific free energy of interaction U[mJ/m²] was estimated for cellulose acetate fibers.     

盐酸羟胺络合法制备银溶胶及表面增强拉曼基底

报道了一种制备银溶胶的新方法.用紫外-可见光谱和透射电镜研究了银纳米粒子的形成过程、粒子形状及粒径分布.紫外光谱结果表明,在还原剂中加入碘化银溶胶后立即形成银纳米粒子,开始时粒子的粒径较小,很快聚集成较大的粒子.随着反应的进行,较大的粒子又逐渐碎裂为较小的粒子.同时,粒子的粒径分布逐渐变窄,说明银纳米粒子的形成过程也是粒子粒径均化的过程.透射电镜的研究结果表明,银纳米粒子为形状均一的球形,平均粒径约35nm.将这种银纳米粒子转移到固体基片上可得到活性较高的表面增强拉曼(SERS)基底.     

Electrochemical Interactions upon Contact of Erythrocytes with Platinum

Russian Journal of Electrochemistry - Polarization and microcoulometric measurements at fixed potential on the erythrocyte suspension in neutral solutions of sodium chloride with additions of...     

The Role of Contact Interactions in the Rheological Behavior of a Fibrous Suspension

The model of structure formed by randomly arranged crossed fibres is proposed. The model makes it possible to calculate the number of contacts between the fibers and to estimate the mechanical characteristics of a structure, provided that contact adhesion forces are known. Within the framework of this model, experimental data obtained by the author and his coworkers on the forces of adhesion and friction between individual cellulose fibers as well on macroscopic rheological parameters of aqueous suspensions of these fibers, including those obtained in the presence of surface-active additives such as poly(ethylenimine) and tetraalkylammonium halides are analyzed.     

新型银胶基底研究HSA的近红外表面增强拉曼散射

用紫外—可见两步光化学还原法，合成了等离子体共振峰出现在近红外区的新 型绿色银胶．首次用该银胶作为基底研究人血清白蛋白(HSA)的近红外表面增强拉 曼散射(NIR—SERS)，发现银胶中的线状银纳米粒子聚集体有较强的NIR—SERS效应 和生物兼容性，这为研究生物大分子的结构、构象和界面作用提供了一种较为理想 的活性基底．由所得到的NIR—SERS光谱可发现，吸附在银纳米粒子表面的HSA的肽 链骨架仍以α—螺旋结构为主，其二级构象特征基本不变；吸附作用诱导部分芳香 氨基酸残基所处的微环境发生改变，趋于银纳米粒子表面．此外，明显观察到 COO^-与C—S的特征谱带说明HSA中去质子的羧基氧、二硫桥键的硫直接与银纳米粒 子表面作用．     

Interactions between a lipase and charged surfactants--a comparison between bulk and interfaces

The interaction between a charged surfactant and a lipase has been investigated by several methods. Interactions in aqueous bulk phase was studied by NMR and by microcalorimetry. Surface tension and neutron reflectivity were used for studies at the air-water interface. Interactions at the interface between a hydrophobic solid surface and water was investigated by ellipsometry. The results obtained are as follows. The cationic surfactant, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (iodide in the NMR experiments), showed strong interaction at the air-water and the hydrophobic solid-water interfaces but no clear indication of an interaction in bulk phase was seen. The anionic surfactant showed no interaction with the lipase neither at the interfaces, nor in bulk. The difference in behavior of the system cationic surfactant-lipase in bulk and at the interfaces may be due to the change in enzyme conformation that is known to occur at interfaces between water and an apolar phase.     

硬核Yukawa流体中胶体粒子间的耗尽势

基于Roth、Evans和Dietrich有关耗尽势的密度泛函理论研究了硬核Yukawa(HCY)流体中胶体粒子间的耗尽势.在极稀溶液条件下,通过计算两个胶体粒子在不同条件下的耗尽势,分析了HCY流体的相关因素对耗尽势的影响.结果表明,胶体粒子与溶剂分子的尺寸比率、HCY流体分子间的相互作用、HCY流体分子的体相密度以及胶体粒子与流体分子之间的相互作用等因素均可对胶体粒子间耗尽势产生显著影响.研究结果可为实验上调控胶体粒子间的相互作用提供可能的线索.     

Antioxidant Interactions between S-allyl-L-cysteine and Polyphenols Using Interaction Index and Isobolographic Analysis

This work aims to study the antioxidant interactions between S-allyl-L-cysteine (SAC) and six natural polyphenols (quercetin, caffeic acid, sinapic acid, catechin, ferulic acid, and 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid) through the measurement of free-radical-scavenging activity of 1,1-diphenyl- 2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH), the radical-cation-scavenging activity of 2,2-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS), and reducing power. Among the six natural polyphenols, caffeic acid showed the strongest synergistic effect with SAC according to DPPH and reducing power assays. Further investigations based on the results of interaction index and isobologram analysis showed that the antioxidant activity (DPPH, ABTS, and reducing power) of the combination of caffeic acid with SAC presented an increase with the raising of their individual concentrations in their mixture and along with a dose–response manner. The best synergistic effect between caffeic acid and SAC based on DPPH, ABTS, and reducing power assays were observed at the ratio of 1:20, 1:35, and 1:70, respectively. The excellent synergic antioxidant activity of the combination of caffeic acid with SAC in our study suggests SAC has a more broad and effective application prospects in food field.     

Interactions between water and polystyrene

Water equilibrium in glassy polystyrene (T_g = 343 K) is described. Water content increases with increasing temperature and increasing water vapour pressure. The heats and entropies of mixing show that the polymer contains both free water and water sorbed on the chains, in small but approximately equal amounts; no noticeable clustering takes place.     

Hydrogel Substrate Stiffness and Topography Interact to Induce Contact Guidance in Cardiac Fibroblasts

Previous studies demonstrated the importance of substrate stiffness and topography on the phenotype of many different cell types including fibroblasts. Yet the interaction of these two physical parameters remains insufficiently characterized, in particular for cardiac fibroblasts. Most studies focusing on contact guidance use rigid patterned substrates. It is not known how the ability of cardiac fibroblasts to follow grooves and ridges changes as the substrate stiffness is decreased to match the range of stiffness found in native heart tissues. This report demonstrates a significant interactive effect of substrate stiffness and topography on cardiac fibroblast elongation and orientation using polyacrylamide substrates of different stiffness and topography.

     

Interactions between a surface active imidazolium ionic liquid and BSA

The interactions between a surface active imidazolium ionic liquid (IL), 1-tetradecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (C₁₄mimBr) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were studied. To investigate the structure changes of BSA induced by addition of C₁₄mimBr, this system was studied by surface tension, isothermal titration microcalorimetry, far-UV circular dichroism (CD) and fluorescence spectra. The surface tension measurement shows the formation of C₁₄mimBr/BSA complex and the effect of the complex on surface tension. Furthermore, it reveals the interaction type. The enthalpy change in the whole interaction process between C₁₄mimBr and BSA was obtained by isothermal titration microcalorimetry, and the results prove the alteration of the BSA structure. To realize the structure alteration position more definitely, far-UV CD was used to obtain the contents of α-helix and random coil. Changes of these contents reveal that the secondary structure of BSA changes with addition of C₁₄mimBr. Fluorescence spectra are used to prove that the alteration of the secondary structure is due to the interactions of C₁₄mimBr molecules and amino acid residues. They show that tryptophan (Trp) residues, one of the intrinsic fluorophores in BSA, are exposed to a hydrophobic microenvironment with the addition of C₁₄mimBr.