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C12E7-DPPC mixed systems studied by pyrene fluorescence emission
The lipid/surfactant mixed interactions between the lipids dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) or egg phosphatidylcholine (EggPC) and the non-ionic...
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Transitions in ternary surfactant/alkane/water microemulsions as viewed by fluorescence
Fluorescent probes incorporated in ternary surfactant systems have proved valuable in elucidating structure, dynamics and phase behaviour. The...
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Glycerolipid arginine-based surfactants: synthesis and surface active properties
The research on biomimetic surfactants is currently increasing given the biocompatibility of the natural systems. Amino acid-glycerolipid conjugates...
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Interactions in systems with short-range attractions and applications to protein crystallisation
The problem of phase behaviour of solutions of globular proteins is approached by means of a Hard Core Yukawa fluid model with short-ranged...
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Cationic microemulsion hosting polynucleotides: effect of NaCl on host and guest
The structural features of the quaternary water-in-oil microemulsion CTAB/n-hexane/n-pentanol/water in the presence of fairly high concentrations of...
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Characterisation of aqueous solutions of ionic surface active agents by conductometry
Conductometry data were analysed to determine some equilibrium properties of sodium decylsulphonate aqueous solution. Temperature dependence of...
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Rheology of starch-based colloidal microgels
Steady state rheology experiments were performed on aqueous suspensions of starch-based particles in dilute and concentrated regimes to quantify the...
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Langmuir monolayers of lipids at the water/air interface
In order to establish the mutual miscibility ofd ,l -dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and 4-methylumbelliferyl palmitate in a two-dimensional...
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Flashing of colloidal crystals in square wave electric fields
We have investigated the optical properties of colloidal crystals grown in confined parallel plate geometry and subjected to an alternating square...
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Oxidisable cationic detergent for gene therapy: condensation of DNA and interaction with model membranes
Cationic amphiphile-mediated delivery of plasmid DNA is the non-viral gene transfer method most often used. In the present work, we considered a new...
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Charge inversion of latex particles in the presence of electrolyte
Recent studies have demonstrated the huge interest in the inversion of charge in systems such as solid particles, DNA molecules, charged membranes,...
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Brewster angle microscopy studies of the morphology in dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl glycerol monolayers spread on subphases of different pH
Dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl glycerol (DPPG) was investigated as Langmuir monolayers at the air/water interface by means of surface pressure measurements...
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Interactions of selected flavonoids with NaDS micelles
Critical micelle concentrations (cmc) and degree of counterion dissociation (β) of sodium dodecyl sulphate micelles, in the presence of two...
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Phase behaviour and domain structure of 9-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid monolayers
The temperature effect on the surface pressure (π)-molecular area (A) isotherms and the texture of the condensed phase domains of...
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Monitoring of the aroma of fruits at their surface by luminescence
Spectrofluorimetry has been used to detect in vivo the photoluminescence of native organic volatiles emitted from the surface of various fruits....
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Electrochemical determination of the stability constant of an aryl radical with β-cyclodextrin
Addition of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) to an aqueous acid solution of p-nitrobenzenediazonium (PNBD) tetrafluoroborate causes a substantial decrease in...
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Aqueous polyacrylic acid based gels: physicochemical properties and applications in cultural heritage conservation
Solutions of polyacrylic acid form strong gels upon the addition of bases. Two different gels have been studied by differential scanning calorimetry...
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Nucleation and growth kinetics of colloidal silica
A stopped-flow, time- resolved small-angle X-ray scattering study of nucleation and growth of Stöber silica particles is presented. The measured...
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Incorporating Fluctuations and Dynamics in Self-Consistent Field Theories for Polymer Blends
We review various methods to investigate the statics and the dynamics of collective composition fluctuations in dense polymer mixtures within...
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Poly(arylene ethynylene)s in Chemosensing and Biosensing
Poly(arylene ethynylene)s (PArEs) have been used in recent years as effective transducers for a variety of sensing purposes ranging from organic...