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Kaur J, Singla P, Kaur I. Binary Pluronics based mixed micellar systems: Effective solution for improved solubilization of Biochanin A. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 304:123279. [PMID: 37633096 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023]
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The present work was carried out to appraise the solubilization of Biochanin (BCA), a natural hydrophobic drug in pure Pluronics (P84, P123 and F127) as well as binary mixed micelles (P84-P123 and F127-P123) followed by an interactional study using various state of art techniques. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of binary mixtures P84-P123 and F127-P123 was found to be significantly lower than pure Pluronics justifying the candidature of mixed micelles (MMs) as a better solubilizer for BCA. UV-visible studies revealed the enhanced solubility of BCA in P84-P123 (1:2) MMs (3.51 ± 0.087 mg/mL) and F127-P123 (1:2) MMs (2.94 ± 0.046 mg/mL) as compared to micelles of pure Pluronics (10% w/v), P84 (2.25 ± 0.039 mg/mL) and F127 (1.12 ± 0.036 mg/mL). Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) results demonstrated significantly superior binding of BCA with P84-P123 (1:2) MM (Ka = 2.60 × 105 M-1) as compared to pure P84 (Ka = 1.415 × 105 M-1). Mixed micellization (P84-P123 (1:2)) leads to increase in micellar hydrodynamic diameter (Dh = 16.09 nm) as compared to pure Pluronic P84 micelles (Dh = 15.71 nm) which was further amplified (Dh = 17.69 nm) after BCA loading. Different formulations of pure and MMs were subjected to in vitro drug release and MMs were found to slow down BCA release as compared to pure Pluronics (P84, P123). The results obtained in this study proved that P84-P123 (1:2) MMs are superior and more effective for the solubilization of BCA than pure and other MMs. Thus, the examined MMs hold the potential for advancing the development of solubilization techniques for other hydrophobic drugs with significant pharmacological value.
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- Jaspreet Kaur
- Department of Chemistry, UGC-Center for Advanced Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, India
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- School of Engineering, Merz Court, Claremont Road, Newcastle University, Newcastle UponTyne NE17RU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, UGC-Center for Advanced Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, India.
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Vitalis F, Muncan J, Anantawittayanon S, Kovacs Z, Tsenkova R. Aquaphotomics Monitoring of Lettuce Freshness during Cold Storage. Foods 2023; 12:foods12020258. [PMID: 36673350 PMCID: PMC9858011 DOI: 10.3390/foods12020258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Fresh-cut leafy vegetables are one of the most perishable products because they readily deteriorate in quality even during cold storage and have a relatively short shelf life. Since these products are in high demand, methods for rigorous quality control and estimation of freshness that are rapid and non-destructive would be highly desirable. The objective of the present research was to develop a rapid, non-destructive near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-based method for the evaluation of changes during cold storage of lettuce using an aquaphotomics approach to monitor the water molecular structure in lettuce leaves. The reference measurements showed that after 6 days of dark, cold storage, the weight and water activity of lettuce leaves decreased and β-carotene decreased, while chlorophylls slightly increased. Aquaphotomics characterization showed large differences in the lettuce leaves' spectra depending on their growth zone. Difference spectra, principal component analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) confirmed the differences in the inner and outer leaves and revealed that spectra change as a function of storage time. Partial least squares regression (PLSR) allowed the prediction of the time spent in storage with a coefficient of determination of R2 = 0.80 and standard error of RMSE = 0.77 days for inner, and R2 = 0.86 and RMSE = 0.66 days for outer leaves, respectively. The following water absorbance bands were found to provide the most information in the spectra: 1348, 1360, 1373, 1385, 1391, 1410, 1416, 1422, 1441, 1447, 1453, 1466, 1472, 1490, 1503, 1515, 1521, 1534 and 1571 nm. They were further used as water matrix coordinates (WAMACs) to define the water spectral patterns (WASPs) of lettuce leaves. The WASPs of leaves served to succinctly describe the state of lettuces during storage. The changes in WASPs during storage reveled moisture loss, damage to cell walls and expulsion of intracellular water, as well as loss of free and weakly hydrogen-bonded water, all leading to a loss of juiciness. The WASPs also showed that damage stimulated the defense mechanisms and production of vitamin C. The leaves at the end of the storage period were characterized by water strongly bound to collapsed structural elements of leaf tissues, mainly cellulose, leading to a loss of firmness that was more pronounced in the outer leaves. All of this information was reflected in the changes of absorbance in the identified WAMACs, showing that the water molecular structure of lettuce leaves accurately reflects the state of the lettuce during storage and that WASPs can be used as a multidimensional biomarker to monitor changes during storage.
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- Flora Vitalis
- Department of Measurements and Process Control, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Somlói Street 14-16, H-1118 Budapest, Hungary
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- Aquaphotomics Research Department, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Aquaphotomics Research Department, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Measurements and Process Control, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Somlói Street 14-16, H-1118 Budapest, Hungary
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- Aquaphotomics Research Department, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-78-803-5911
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Muncan J, Anantawittayanon S, Furuta T, Kaneko T, Tsenkova R. Aquaphotomics monitoring of strawberry fruit during cold storage - A comparison of two cooling systems. Front Nutr 2022; 9:1058173. [PMID: 36570127 PMCID: PMC9780392 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1058173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to use aquaphotomics and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to follow the changes in strawberries during cold storage in the refrigerator with an electric field generator (supercooling fridge, SCF) and without it (control fridge, CF). The NIR spectra of strawberries stored in these refrigerators were collected over the course of 15 days using a portable mini spectrometer and their weight was measured daily. The spectral data in the region of the first overtone of water (1,300-1,600 nm) were analyzed using aquaphotomics multivariate analysis. The results showed a decrease in weight loss of strawberries, but the loss of weight was significantly lower in SCF, compared to the CF. The reduction of weight loss due to exposure to an electric field was comparable to the use of coatings. The aquaphotomics analysis showed that the NIR spectra adequately captured changes in the fruit over the storage period, and that it is possible to predict how long the fruit spent in storage, regardless of the storage type. During aquaphotomics analysis, 19 water absorbance bands were found to be consistently repeating and to have importance for the description of changes in strawberries during cold storage. These bands defined the water spectral pattern (WASP), multidimensional biomarker that was used for the description of the state and dynamics of water in strawberries during time spent in storage. Comparison of WASPs of strawberries in CF and SCF showed that exposure to an electric field leads to a delay in ripening by around 3 days. This was evidenced by the increased amount of structural, strongly bound water and vapor-like trapped water in the strawberries stored in SCF. This particular state of water in strawberries stored in SCF was related to the hardening of the strawberry skin and prevention of moisture loss, in agreement with the results of significantly decreased weight loss.
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- Jelena Muncan
- Aquaphotomics Research Department, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Aquaphotomics Research Department, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Aquaphotomics Research Department, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan,*Correspondence: Roumiana Tsenkova,
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Muncan J, Tamura S, Nakamura Y, Takigawa M, Tsunokake H, Tsenkova R. Aquaphotomic Study of Effects of Different Mixing Waters on the Properties of Cement Mortar. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27227885. [PMID: 36431986 PMCID: PMC9699450 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27227885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The mixing water used for cement concrete has a significant effect on the physical properties of the material after hardening; however, other than the upper limit for the mixed impurities, not enough consideration has been given to the functions and characteristics of water at the molecular level. In this study, we investigated the effect of four different types of water (two spring-, mineral waters, tap water and distilled water) on the drying shrinkage of the hardened cement by comparing the material properties of the concrete specimens and analyzing the molecular structure of the water and cement mortar using aquaphotomics. The near infrared (NIR) spectra of waters used for mixing were acquired in the transmittance mode using a high-precision, high-accuracy benchtop spectrometer in the range of 400-2500 nm, with the 0.5 nm step. The NIR spectra of cement paste and mortar were measured in 6.2 nm increments in the wavelength range of 950 nm to 1650 nm using a portable spectrometer. The measurements of cement paste and mortar were performed on Day 0 (immediately after mixing, cement paste), 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, and 28 days after mixing (cement mortar). The spectral data were analyzed according to the aquaphotomics' multivariate analysis protocol, which involved exploration of raw and preprocessed spectra, exploratory analysis, discriminating analysis and aquagrams. The results of the aquaphotomics' analysis were interpreted together with the results of thermal and drying shrinkage measurements. Together, the findings clearly demonstrated that the thermal and drying shrinkage properties of the hardened cement material differed depending on the water used. Better mechanical properties were found to be a result of using mineral waters for cement mixing despite minute differences in the chemical content. In addition, the aquaphotomic characterization of the molecular structure of waters and cement mortar during the initial hydration reaction demonstrated the possibility to predict the characteristics of hardened cement at a very early stage. This provided the rationale to propose a novel evaluation method based on aquaphotomics for non-invasive evaluation and monitoring of cement mortar.
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- Jelena Muncan
- Aquaphotomics Research Department, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Technical Department, ISOL Technica Corporation, Kyoto 606-0022, Japan
- Correspondence: (S.T.); (R.T.)
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- Technical Department, ISOL Technica Corporation, Kyoto 606-0022, Japan
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- Institute of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Division of Urban Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Institute of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Division of Urban Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Aquaphotomics Research Department, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
- Correspondence: (S.T.); (R.T.)
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Diclofenac Ion Hydration: Experimental and Theoretical Search for Anion Pairs. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27103350. [PMID: 35630826 PMCID: PMC9146526 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27103350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Self-assembly of organic ions in aqueous solutions is a hot topic at the present time, and substances that are well-soluble in water are usually studied. In this work, aqueous solutions of sodium diclofenac are investigated, which, like most medicinal compounds, is poorly soluble in water. Classical MD modeling of an aqueous solution of diclofenac sodium showed equilibrium between the hydrated anion and the hydrated dimer of the diclofenac anion. The assignment and interpretation of the bands in the UV, NIR, and IR spectra are based on DFT calculations in the discrete-continuum approximation. It has been shown that the combined use of spectroscopic methods in various frequency ranges with classical MD simulations and DFT calculations provides valuable information on the association processes of medical compounds in aqueous solutions. Additionally, such a combined application of experimental and calculation methods allowed us to put forward a hypothesis about the mechanism of the effect of diclofenac sodium in high dilutions on a solution of diclofenac sodium.
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Zhang Z, Ye Z, Hu F, Wang W, Zhang S, Gao L, Lu H. Double‐network polyvinyl alcohol composite hydrogel with self‐healing and low friction. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.51563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Zhouqiang Zhang
- Group of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Modern Intelligent Textile Equipment College of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- Group of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Modern Intelligent Textile Equipment College of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- Group of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Modern Intelligent Textile Equipment College of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Inner Mongolia University Hohhot China
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- Group of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Modern Intelligent Textile Equipment College of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- Group of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Modern Intelligent Textile Equipment College of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University Xi'an Shaanxi China
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Shaanxi China
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Prasanthan P, Kishore N. Self-assemblies of pluronic micelles in partitioning of anticancer drugs and effectiveness of this system towards target protein. RSC Adv 2021; 11:22057-22069. [PMID: 35480822 PMCID: PMC9034178 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03770f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Micelles formed by pluronic triblock copolymers are known to be a promising class of drug delivery vehicles. Quantitative mechanistic insights into the ability of pluronic micelles to improve the solubility of poorly water soluble drugs, encapsulation and delivery of hydrophilic drugs are not available. The current study evaluated the energetics of encapsulation of chemotherapeutic drugs gemcitabine, cytarabine, and hydroxyurea in pluronic F127 and F68 micelles. In addition, the interactions of the drugs released from pluronic micellar media with serum albumin, which is a major circulatory transport protein, and subsequent conformational changes have also been analyzed with the help of calorimetry and spectroscopy. All the drugs showed improved partitioning in F127 micelles, the extent of which slightly increased with temperature rise. Interestingly, drug–protein binding is enhanced upon delivery from pluronic micelles without affecting the conformational integrity of the protein. This study highlights the role of drug functionalities, hydrophobicity, and steric factors towards their partitioning in pluronic micelles. Such studies are important in understanding physicochemical aspects of drug encapsulation and release, and lead to establishing structure–property–energetics correlations for developing suitable nano-drug delivery vehicles. Micelles formed by pluronic triblock copolymers are known to be a promising class of drug delivery vehicles.![]()
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- Pooja Prasanthan
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai Mumbai 400 076 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai Mumbai 400 076 India
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Harusawa K, Watanabe C, Kobori Y, Tomita K, Kitamura A, Kinjo M, Yanagisawa M. Membrane Surface Modulates Slow Diffusion in Small Crowded Droplets. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:437-444. [PMID: 33351626 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Membranes are ubiquitous structures in cells. The effects of membranes on various functional molecules have been reported, but their behaviors under macromolecular crowding and cell-sized confinement have not fully been understood. In this study, we model an intracellular environment by crowding micrometer-sized droplets and investigate the effects of membrane properties on molecular diffusion. The molecular diffusion inside small droplets covered with a lipid layer of phosphatidylcholine (PC) becomes slower compared with that of the corresponding bulk solutions under a crowding condition of polysaccharide dextran but not of its monomer unit, glucose. The addition of a poly(ethylene glycol) conjugated lipid (PEGylated lipid) to the PC membrane significantly alters the degree of slow diffusion observed inside small droplets of concentrated dextran. Interestingly, the change is not monotonic against dextran concentration; that is, the PEGylated membrane increases and decreases the degree of slow diffusion with increasing dextran concentration. We explain the nonmonotonic alternation from the increase in effective dextran concentration and the hindered temporal adsorption of dextran to the membrane. Because diffusion alteration by adding PEGylated lipid is observed for condensed small droplets of linear polymer PEG and hydrophilic protein bovine serum albumin, the phenomenon is general for other polymer systems as well. Furthermore, our findings may facilitate the understanding of intracellular molecular behaviors based on membrane effects as well as the development of numerous applications using polymer droplets.
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- Kanae Harusawa
- Komaba Institute for Science, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka-cho 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Komaba Institute for Science, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Komaba Institute for Science, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka-cho 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Komaba Institute for Science, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka-cho 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-21 Nishi-11 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-21 Nishi-11 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
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- Komaba Institute for Science, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
- Department of Basic Science, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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Watanabe C, Kobori Y, Yamamoto J, Kinjo M, Yanagisawa M. Quantitative Analysis of Membrane Surface and Small Confinement Effects on Molecular Diffusion. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:1090-1098. [PMID: 31939302 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b10558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Molecular behaviors in small liquid droplets (picoliter scale), such as phase transitions and chemical reactions, are essential for the industrial application of small droplets and their use as artificial cells. However, the droplets often differ from those in bulk solutions (milliliter scale). Since the droplet size is much larger than the molecular size, the so-called size effect that draws these differences has attracted attention as a target to be solved. Although the small volume and the membrane surface surrounding the droplet are thought to be the origin of the size effect, there were little attempts to separate and quantify them. To solve the problem, we develop a series of systems for the evaluation. Using these systems, we have evaluated the size effect of concentrated polymer solutions on molecular diffusion by dividing it into small volume and membrane surface contributions. Our results demonstrate that the size effect on the molecular diffusion originates from the long-range interaction with the surface enhanced with decreasing volume. The quantitative size effect revealed by the systems provides novel insights in the biophysical understanding of molecular behaviors in cells and to the regulation and design of micrometer-sized materials.
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- Chiho Watanabe
- Komaba Institute for Science , The University of Tokyo , Komaba 3-8-1 , Meguro , Tokyo 153-8902 , Japan
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- Komaba Institute for Science , The University of Tokyo , Komaba 3-8-1 , Meguro , Tokyo 153-8902 , Japan.,Department of Applied Physics , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , Naka-cho 2-24-16 , Koganei , Tokyo 184-8588 , Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Central 6, Higashi 1-1-1 , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8568 , Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science , Hokkaido University , Kita-21 Nishi-11 Kita-ku , Sapporo , Hokkaido 001-0021 , Japan
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- Komaba Institute for Science , The University of Tokyo , Komaba 3-8-1 , Meguro , Tokyo 153-8902 , Japan.,Department of Basic Science , The University of Tokyo , Komaba 3-8-1 , Meguro , Tokyo 153-8902 , Japan
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Liu W, Wang H, Liu Y, Li J, Erdemir A, Luo J. Mechanism of Superlubricity Conversion with Polyalkylene Glycol Aqueous Solutions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:11784-11790. [PMID: 31432683 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, ultralow friction coefficient (COF, μ < 0.01) was obtained through polyalkylene glycol (PAG) aqueous solutions with different molecular weights (MWs) ranging from 270 to 3930 g·mol-1 under ambient conditions. With the increase in the MWs of PAG molecules, the threshold concentration to obtain this type of superlubric behavior gradually changed from 90 to 60 wt %. This phenomenon was closely related to the interaction between PAG chains and water molecules and the state of chemical binding. In the superlubricity system, superior load-bearing capacity was achieved at optimal threshold concentrations of all PAG aqueous solutions wherein multilayered adsorption layers that consisted of fully hydrated PAG molecules were formed on the sliding solid surfaces. With respect to the concentration below the threshold value, the existence of a shearing layer was indicated to play a significant role. Thus, the synergetic effect of sufficient adsorption of molecules and the unique shear rheology of the PAG aqueous solution were essential to achieve superlubricity.
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- Wenrui Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
- Energy Systems Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- Energy Systems Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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Perturbation of water structure by water-polymer interactions probed by FTIR and polarized Raman spectroscopy. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Dahal U, Wang Z, Dormidontova EE. Hydration of Spherical PEO-Grafted Gold Nanoparticles: Curvature and Grafting Density Effect. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Udaya Dahal
- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science and Physics Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science and Physics Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science and Physics Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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Dahal UR, Dormidontova EE. The dynamics of solvation dictates the conformation of polyethylene oxide in aqueous, isobutyric acid and binary solutions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:9823-9832. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp00526a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The dynamics of solvation dictates the conformation of polyethylene oxide in water and isobutyric acid causing a helix–coil transition in a mixed isobutyric acid/water solvent.
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- Udaya R. Dahal
- Polymer Program
- Institute of Materials Science and Physics Department
- University of Connecticut
- Storrs
- USA
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- Polymer Program
- Institute of Materials Science and Physics Department
- University of Connecticut
- Storrs
- USA
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Patil PD, Shaikh VR, Gupta GR, Hundiwale DG, Borse AU, Patil KJ. Studies of Viscosity Coefficient and Expansivity Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Ethylene Glycol and Polyethylene Glycols at 293.15, 298.15 and 303.15 K and at Ambient Pressure. J SOLUTION CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10953-016-0480-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sabrina Jahn
- Department
of Materials and
Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Department
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Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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Sagawa N, Shikata T. Dangling OH Vibrations of Water Molecules in Aqueous Solutions of Aprotic Polar Compounds Observed in the Near-Infrared Regime. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:8087-95. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b02886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Naoya Sagawa
- Division of Natural Resources
and Eco-materials, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Division of Natural Resources
and Eco-materials, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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