Two-dimensional carbon materials such as the 2D nanoweb-like graphyne membrane are promising as molecular sieves for energy and environmental applications. Based on the application of water purification - the removal of contaminants from wastewater and seawater - here we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate the interplay between mechanical forces, filtration mechanisms, and ov...

Adsorption of small molecular solutes in an aqueous solution to a soft hydrophobic surface is a topic relevant to many fields. In biological and industrial systems, the interfacial environment is often complex, containing an array of salts and organic compounds in the solution phase. Additionally, the surface itself can have a complex structure that can interact in unpredictable ways with small...

We investigate the distributions of various salts about large hydrophobic polarizable solutes in aqueous electrolyte solutions. The solutes are modeled as nanometer-sized cylindrical objects, a scale relevant to biomolecules and nanomaterials, and particularly high aspect ratio nanoparticles. Interactions, including image charge forces arising from the finite polarizability of the solute, betwe...

Conidia of the plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea adhered to tomato cuticle and to certain other substrata immediately upon hydration. This immediate adhesion occurred with both living and nonliving conidia. Adhesion was not consistently influenced by several lectins, sugars, or salts or by protease treatment, but it was strongly inhibited by ionic or nonionic detergents. With glass and o...

Silylation chemistry on porous silicon provides for ultrahigh sensitivity and analyte specificity with desorption/ionization on silicon mass spectrometry (DIOS-MS) analysis. Here, we report that the silylation of oxidized porous silicon offers a DIOS platform that is resistant to air oxidation and acid/base hydrolysis. Furthermore, surface modification with appropriate hydrophobic silanes allow...

The objective of the present work was to compare the effects of groups of tin and lead organometallic compounds and their mixtures with amphiphilic quaternary ammonium salts (QAS) on the process of calcium ion desorption from lecithin liposome membranes, as dependent on the properties of the hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts of QAS. In the investigations the method of radioactive labels was app...

Abstract The separation and purification of proteins is often carried out by chromatography. Mixed-mode adsorbents are interesting as they may combine favorable features different chromatographic methods, such ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) hydrophobic interaction (HIC). Systematic experimental studies models adsorption isotherms on mixed-mode resins covering a wide range parameters still ra...

background and aims. adhesive permeability is hindered by application of an additional layer of hydrophobic resin, which increases its concentration within the hydrophilic layer, reduces its affinity to water, and enhances its physical properties. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of a hydrophobic layer on the microleakage of class v composite restorations using different ...

Abstract Here we show that by adjusting the concentration of tetrabutyl ammonium and phosphonium salts in water (≈1.5–2.0 m), hydrophobic solvation triggers formation a unique, highly incompressible supramolecular liquid, with dynamic structure similar to clathrates, involving essentially all H 2 O molecules solvent. Despite increasing local order, thermal diffusivity, compressibility these liq...

Protein self-assembly applications, such as nanoencapsulation of drugs and nutraceuticals, require deep understanding of the parameters governing the micellization process, including the effects of ionic and non-ionic co-solutes, like salts and sugars respectively, which is often overlooked. Herein, with the aim of shedding light on the effect of nonionic cosolute stereochemistry on protein sel...