The arrangement of histones along DNA in nucleosomal core particles within transcribed heat shock gene (hsp 70) region and repressed insertion within ribosomal genes of Drosophila was analysed by using protein-DNA crosslinking methods combined with hybridization tests. In addition, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was employed to compare the overall nucleosomal shape and the nucleosomal DNA ...

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics is a completely mesh-free method to simulate fluid flow. Rather than representing the physical variables on a fixed grid, the fluid is represented by freely moving interpolation centers (”particles”). Apart from their position and velocity these particles carry information about the physical quantities of the considered fluid, such as temperature, composition, ch...

The bijel is a new class of soft material comprised of two fluids arrested in a bicontinuous configuration on the mesoscale. We stabilize the fluid structure using an interfacial layer of silica particles. The particles become trapped at the liquid-liquid interface because they reduce the exposed area; this relies on the particles being partially wetted by both liquids. We use water and 2,6-lut...

Laser induced forward transfer (LIFT) is used to print Li-ion battery electrodes. We show a preferred orientation of LiCoO2 particles in the (003) direction relative to non-laser transferred materials. While the laser energy does not alter the degree of orientation, the number of passes and transfer distance both have a significant influence on the observed texturing. We use a geometric argumen...

Numerical simulation of dispersion and deposition of aerosol particles in a channel flow over two square cylinders in tandem are studied. A Lagrangian particle tracking computational procedure was developed and was used for simulating particles transport and deposition. Drag, gravity and buoyancy effects are included in the computational model. Ensembles of particles in asterisk arrangement are...

A facile fabrication of flower-shaped porphyrin Janus colloids with oriented arrangement was demonstrated based on the interfacial assembly and water droplet template. The as-fabricated colloidal crystals from flower-shaped Janus particles show a special optical signal produced from the hierarchical structures.

SOIL pore space and its intrinsic characteristics such as surface area, roughness, tortuosity, and connectivity are probably the most important factors controlling water and solute movement in soils. Interaggregate porosity is the result of the arrangement of the soil aggregates. These aggregates are composed of subunits, of which clay minerals and other colloids are the main components. The wa...

A model describing the electric double layers in clay-electrolyte systems containing particles with different surface charge densities was developed and used to calculate the film thickness of water present in a clay paste. The average water film thicknesses (-18/~) calculated by considering the clay to contain 9 groups of particles of different charge densities did not differ from those calcul...