Proteins in binary solvents

Dominant Association Species in Binary Mixtures of Methanol, Ethanol and Propanol in Nonpolar Solvents

The molecular associations in the binary mixtures of (methanol/solvent), (ethanol/solvent) and (propanol/solvent) were studied using NMR, FTIR and VLE data at different temperatures. The activity coefficients as the most important quantities representing the mixture deviation form ideal behavior were evaluated by using various association models to express the physical and chemical contribution...

Stabilization of Proteins by Solvents

The binding of 2-nonanone to bovine serum albumin exhibited positive cooperativity at low molal ratios of binding, indicating stabilization of the hydrophobic binding sites at low concentrations of 2-nonanone. The degree of cooperativity was affected by the type of anion present as evidenced from the changes in the Hill coefficient. The effectiveness of anions in increasing the Hill coefficient...

Transient dynamics of solvatochromic shift in binary solvents

Microscopic segregation of hydrophilic ions in critical binary aqueous solvents.

Solid surfaces suspended in critical aqueous binary mixtures containing hydrophilic salt have recently been found to exhibit anomalous interactions, and a possible mechanism is provided by the asymmetric solvation preferences of weakly and strongly hydrophilic cations and anions, respectively. Here we address this mechanism by studying interfacial ion distributions in a critical binary mixture ...

Viscosity minima in binary mixtures of ionic liquids + molecular solvents.

The viscosity (η) of four binary mixtures (ionic liquids plus molecular solvents, ILs+MSs) was measured in the 283.15 < T/K < 363.15 temperature range. Different IL/MS combinations were selected in such a way that the corresponding η(T) functions exhibit crossover temperatures at which both pure components present identical viscosity values. Consequently, most of the obtained mixture isotherms,...