Small angle X-ray diffraction was used to examine arterial smooth muscle cell (SMC) plasma membranes isolated from control and cholesterol-fed (2%) atherosclerotic rabbits. A microsomal membrane enriched with plasma membrane obtained from animals fed cholesterol for up to 13 weeks showed a progressive elevation in the membrane unesterified (free) cholesterol:phospholipid (C/PL) mole ratio. Beyo...

The value of systematic distribution between immiscible solvents for the resolution of mixtures has long been recognized, but it was not until the work of Craig (1) that its full potentialities were appreciated. With the development of an apparatus for carrying out a large number of simultaneous distributions between immiscible solvents, Craig and Post (2) introduced a new and very effective an...

We study the miscibility properties and ground state phases of two-component spin-orbit (SO) coupled Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) in a harmonic trap with strong axial confinement. By numerically solving Gross-Pitaevskii equations two-dimensional setting, we analyze SO-coupled BECs for two possible permutations intra- interspecies interactions, namely (i) weak interactions (W-W) (ii) (W-S). ...

We study the wetting of a thin elastic filament floating on fluid surface by droplet another, immiscible fluid.

The efficient anti-Prelog asymmetric reduction of 2-octanone with Acetobacter pasteurianus GIM1.158 cells was successfully performed in a biphasic system consisting of deep eutectic solvent (DES) and water-immiscible ionic liquid (IL). Various DESs exerted different effects on the synthesis of (R)-2-octanol. Choline chloride/ethylene glycol (ChCl/EG) exhibited good biocompatibility and could mo...

Fabrication of nanocomposites from immiscible polymer blend system has been represented in this work. A new type of natural clay named Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTs) are modified by Polyethyleneimine (PEI) and these PEI grafted HNTs are incorporated into the immiscible blend system during melt mixing process to prepare halloysite based nanocomposites. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)...

Block copolymers remain one of the most extensively studied and utilized classes of macromolecules due to their extraordinary abilities to (i) self-assemble spontaneously into a wide variety of soft nanostructures and (ii) reduce the interfacial tension between, and thus compatibilize, immiscible polymer pairs. In bilayered thin-film laminates of immiscible homopolymers, block copolymers are si...

We determine the asymptotic behavior of the system of Cahn-Hillard/Euler's equations that control the dynamics inside the thin boundary layer separating two inviscid, incompressible, and nearly immiscible fluids. This model was proposed recently in order to replace the classical moving boundary model of two immiscible fluids, separated by the interface with the surface tension. We formally veri...

Immiscible blends of ethylene?propylene?diene?monomer (EPDM) and polyoxymethylene (POM), when EPDM is the major phase were compatibilized on addition an ionomer, poly(ethylene?co?methacrylic acid). The inclusion ionomer reduced interfacial tension between two phases, such that diameter POM domains significantly to 0.5 2 ?m, typical required toughen ductile polymers. mechanical properties result...