A theory is presented which allows us to quantitatively calculate the excess surface tension of acid solutions. The H(+), in the form of hydronium ion, is found to be strongly adsorbed to the solution-air interface. To account for the electrostatic potential difference measured experimentally, it is necessary to assume that the hydronium ion is oriented with its hydrogens pointing into the bulk...

Abstract In this study seven adsorption azeotropes involving binary systems and zeolite-based adsorbents were systematically investigated. Pure component isotherms mixed-gas data taken from published literature except for the benzene–propene system on silicalite, which is newly presented in work using molecular simulations. Experimental adsorbed phase composition total amount of azeotropic comp...

Select an appropriate project is a main key for contractors to increase their profits. In practice, in this area the uncertainty and imprecise of the involved parameters is so high. Therefore, considering fuzzy sets theory to deal with uncertainly is more appreciate. The aim of this paper is present a multi-criteria group decision-making model under an intuitionistic fuzzy set environment. Henc...

The states of tris(8-quinolinato)aluminum(III) (Alq3) adsorbed in mesoporous silicas with different pore sizes (2.5, 3.1 and 5.0 nm) were investigated. Alq3 was successfully occluded into the mesoporous silicas from solution and the adsorbed amount of Alq3 per BET surface area was effectively controlled by changing the added amount Alq3 to the solution. The state of Alq3 in the mesopore varied ...

During the past decade, theory and experiments have provided clear evidence that specific helical patterns of charged groups and adsorbed (condensed) counterions on the DNA surface are responsible for many important features of DNA-DNA interactions in hydrated aggregates. The effects of helical structure on DNA-DNA interactions result from a preferential juxtaposition of the negatively charged ...

Two micro-mesoporous carbons (MMCs): a disordered mesoporous carbon (DMC) and an ordered (OMC), synthesized by easy, low-cost, green method are proposed as efficient hydrocarbon sieves for the separation of C6 isomers: n-hexane (nHEX), 2-methylpenthane (2 MP) 2,2-dimethylbutane (22DMB). Their textural characterization reveals highly interconnected pore network within DMC, while reverse hierarch...

The Layer-by-layer deposition of positively and negatively charged macromolecular species is an ideal method for constructing thin films incorporating biological molecules. We investigate the adsorption of fibronectin onto polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) films using optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy (OWLS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). PEM films are formed by adsorption onto Si(Ti)...

At present, a number of models are available describing the adsorption of a fluid in a random porous medium. In this paper, some exact and analytical results are presented. All the results are obtained for an ideal gas adsorbed in various porous matrices. It is shown that the calculations are not always trivial. In some cases of complicated matrices, it is impossible to obtain any analytical re...

Although fluoride induces corrosion in titanium in an oral environment, the influence of protein on this corrosion remains to be clarified. The objective of this study was to investigate suppression of fluoride-induced corrosion of titanium where albumin was either present in a solution or where albumin was preadsorbed on titanium. Titanium dissolution in titanium specimens and surface characte...