Dissipative crystallization of sodium salt of deoxyribonucleic acid |
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Authors: | Tsuneo Okubo Masashi Mizutani Shinya Takahashi Akira Tsuchida |
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Institution: | 1. Institute for Colloidal Organization, Hatoyama 3-1-112, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0012, Japan 2. Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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Abstract: | Drying patterns of aqueous solutions of sodium salt of deoxyribonucleic acid (NaDNA) were studied on a cover glass, a watch glass, and a Petri glass dish at room temperature. Orientation of the rod-like single crystals of NaDNA molecules in the radial direction was observed especially at low polymer concentrations. The ratios of the size of the broad ring against initial size of the liquid on a cover glass and a watch glass were very small between 0.05 and 0.1 compared with those of the typical polyelectrolytes. Main cause is the compact conformation of NaDNA forming single or double stranded helix structures in the dried film. Microscopic drying patterns were long rods accompanied with the many short rods especially on a cover glass. Thick and short rods and dendritic crystals were fogrmed at the inward and outward areas of the dried films, respectively, on a watch glass and a Petri glass dish. Rod-like and dendritic crystals resembled the distorted hedrite and/or spherulite structures. Dissipative crystallization such as the orientation and accumulation of the single crystals of NaDNA were observed and the importance of the convectional and sedimentation processes was demonstrated during the course of crystallization. |
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