We studied the adsorption of human albumin onto synthetic hydroxyapatite, using a radiotracer technique and a special flow cell. Adsorption was studied under various conditions corresponding to different thermodynamic paths. It appears that (i) as is the usual case, the isotherms obtained within a short time range (a few hours) do not correspond to a true equilibrium situation; (ii) when the ad...

The nanostructure of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) adsorption layer on the surface of mesoporous-activated carbon HPA obtained by physical activation of residue after supercritical extraction of hops was characterized. This characterization has been done based on the analysis of determination of adsorbed polymer amount, surface charge density, and zeta potential of solid particles (without and in th...

Many applications of Sn-doped indium oxide (ITO) films in organic electronics require appropriate surface modifications of ITO nanocrystals with small organic molecules, such as silanes, phosophonic acids and carboxylic acids, to improve interfacial contacts and charge transfer. Here, we propose a new surface modification strategy via adsorption of acetylene molecules on an oxygen-terminated IT...

Numerical simulations examining chemical interactions of water molecules with forsterite grains have demonstrated the efficacy of nebular gas adsorption as a viable mechanism for water delivery to the terrestrial planets. Nevertheless, a comprehensive picture detailing the water-adsorption mechanisms on forsterite is not yet available. Towards this end, using accurate first-principles density f...

The adsorption of hydrogen on structurally well defined PdAu-Pd(111) monolayer surface alloys was investigated in a combined experimental and theoretical study, aiming at a quantitative understanding of the adsorption and desorption properties of individual PdAu nanostructures. Combining the structural information obtained by high resolution scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), in particular on...

volumetric techniques were employed to study the adsorption of co2 on a purified multi-wall carbon nanotubes (mwnt’s) sample, as a mesoporous material, at isothermal conditions of 288, 293 and 298 k and pressures ranging from 30 to 150 kpa. langmuir, freundlich and sips equations were used to represent the isotherms. also the parameters of these fitted isotherm models have been determined. the ...

Molybdenum adsorption behavior was investigated on various crystalline and x-ray amorphous Al and Fe oxide minerals, clay minerals, CaC@, and arid-zone calcareous and noncalcareous s soils. Molybdenum adsorption on botb Al and Fe oxides exhibited a maximum at low pH extending to about pH 4 to 5. Above pH 5 adsorption decreased rapidly, with little adsorption occurring above pH 8. Molybdenum ads...

The addition of three N-terminal histidines to β-lactamase inhibitor protein was shown experimentally to increase its binding potency to an Au(111) surface substantially but the binding mechanism was not resolved. Here, we propose a complete adsorption mechanism for this fusion protein by means of a multi-scale simulation approach and free energy calculations. We find that adsorption is a three...

We present density functional theory calculations of methanol and methoxy adsorption at the Cr-terminated α-Cr2O3(0001) surface. We report on the equilibrium geometries of the adsorbed methanol and methoxy molecules, analyse the bonding to the surface, and discuss the dissociation energetics of methanol into methoxy on the surface. We found that methanol adsorbs with its O atom situated above a...

U(VI)-phosphate interactions are important in governing the subsurface mobility of U(VI) in both natural and contaminated environments. We studied U(VI) adsorption on goethite-coated sand (to mimic natural Fe-coated subsurface materials) as a function of pH in systems closed to the atmosphere, in both the presence and the absence of phosphate. Our results indicate that phosphate strongly affect...