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Thin films and interfaces in soft matter and materials science III: Thin films and interfaces in soft matter and materials science III
- Bridget Murphy (Kiel University)
Nano-ions (NIs) are ionic species or clusters of nanometric size. Their low charge density and the delocalization of their charges give special properties to some of NIs belonging to chemical classes of polyoxometalates (POMs) or boron clusters (BOCs). They have the particularity of interacting non-covalently with neutral hydrated surface or interfaces such as assemblies of surface-active...
The hair fiber surface is normally hydrophobic as it is covered by a layer of different lipids. The most abundant lipid is 18-methyleicosanoic acid (18-MEA), which has a characteristic antepenultimate methyl branch whose role is still under study. Processes such as bleaching can damage the hair fiber, removing the lipid layer by hydrolytic and oxidative processes. The loss of lipids exposes...
While it is well known that sugars play an important role in biological systems, they also act as osmolytes. For example, glucose, can destabilise bio- and synthetic macromolecules through osmolyte-type behaviour at elevated concentrations.[1] Despite the ubiquity of these molecules, there is a lack of mechanistic and structural studies of these systems. Exploring these mechanisms is crucial...
Electrostatics plays a fundamental role in a wide range of natural phenomena and is crucial for understanding the interactions between charges in many biological, chemical, and physical systems. Despite being poorly understood, hyper-saline environments are ubiquitous in nature and myriad technological processes. In particular, polymer morphology is critically important in these hyper-saline...
