We investigate experimentally the electrokinetic properties of soft nanofluidic channels that consist in soap films with nanometric thickness, covered with charged surfactants. Both the electric and fluidic responses of the system are measured under an applied voltage drop along the film. The electric field is shown to induce an electro-osmotic hydrodynamic flow in the film. However, in contras...

The following topics, amonig others, aire conisidered: Pfeffer 's hypothesis of an invisible plasma membrane, to account for similarities in the osmotic behavior of plant cells and artificial osmometers; early doubts as to the reality of Pfeffer's membrane; denial by colloid chemists of the existence of plasma membranes because of the supposed failure of cells to obey osmotic laws; demonstratio...

In article number 2009553, Hyomin Lee, Chang-Hyung Choi, and co-workers present hydrogel microcapsules with an intermediate thin oil layer that enable the smart release of a broad range hydrophilic cargoes triggered via diverse stimuli. The osmotic pressure overall stiffness can be fine-tuned to control onset time behavior multi-cargo encapsulated either simultaneous or selective.

Drying is one of the widely used methods of food preservation and it is a sensitive food processing operation due to undesirable changes in the quality of dried product. In this study the effect of osmotic dyhedration and ultrasound pretreatment prior to convective drying on quality properties of apple slices was investigated. Apple slices were pretreated by osmotic dehydration in two concentra...

high temperature, high radiance, low vapor pressure, and lack of precipitation in most months characterize arid ecosystems. under these conditions, tree crops such as pistachio suffer from drought combined with salinity stress. in order to investigation effects of combined salinity and drought stress on function of photosynthetic apparatus, mutica pistachio (pistacia mutica) seedlings were subj...

Hydrothermal carbonization of spent osmotic solution (SOS), a waste generated from osmotic dehydration of fruits, has the potential of transformation into hydrochars, a value-added product, while reducing cost and overall greenhouse gas emissions associated with waste disposal. Osmotic solution (OS) and spent osmotic solution (SOS) generated from the osmotic dehydration of blueberries were comp...