Influence of osmotic drying with an aqueous poly(ethylene glycol) liquid desiccant on alumina objects gelcast with gelatin

Effect of polyethylene glycol on the liquid-liquid phase transition in aqueous protein solutions.

We have studied the effect of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of aqueous solutions of bovine gammaD-crystallin (gammaD), a protein in the eye lens. We observe that the phase separation temperature increases with both PEG concentration and PEG molecular weight. PEG partitioning, which is the difference between the PEG concentration in the two coexisting pha...

Water potential of aqueous polyethylene glycol.

Water potential (Psiomega) values were determined for aqueous colloids of four molecular sizes of polyethylene glycol (PEG) using freezing-point depression and vapor-pressure deficit methods. A significant third-order interaction exists between the method used to determine Psiomega, PEG molecular size, and concentration. At low PEG concentrations, freezing-point depression measurements result i...

Magnetite nanoparticles coated with methoxy polyethylene glycol as an efficient adsorbent of diazinon pesticide from water

Methoxy polyethylene glycol modified magnetite nanoparticles (PEGMNs) were synthesized and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The adsorption of diazinon onto PEGMNs was investigated by UV-Vis spectrophotometry at 236 nm, through batch experiments. The effects of adsorbent dosage, solution pH, contact time, solut...

Discrimination of two fusogenic properties of aqueous polyethylene glycol solutions.

Investigations on the dose response of cell fusion, induced by ionfree aqueous polyethylene glycol (PEG) solutions, reveal distinct lowest fusogenic PEG concentrations for different permanently growing mammalian cell lines. Part of the requisite PEG can be replaced by carbohydrates, preserving the fusogenity of the solutions. This discriminates two effects of PEG solutions causing cell fusion: ...

Surface Adsorption of Polyethylene Glycol and Polyvinyl Alcohol with Variable Molecular Weights on Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles