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Ishraaq R, Das S. All-atom molecular dynamics simulations of polymer and polyelectrolyte brushes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:6093-6129. [PMID: 38819435 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01557f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Densely grafted polymer and polyelectrolyte (PE) brushes, owing to their significant abilities to functionalize surfaces for a plethora of applications in sensing, diagnostics, current rectification, surface wettability modification, drug delivery, and oil recovery, have attracted significant attention over the past several decades. Unfortunately, most of the attention has primarily focused on understanding the properties of the grafted polymer and the PE chains with little attention devoted to studying the behavior of the brush-supported ions (counterions needed to screen the PE chains) and water molecules. Over the past few years, our group has been at the forefront of addressing this gap: we have employed all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for studying a wide variety of polymer and PE brush systems with specific attention to unraveling the properties and behavior of the brush-supported water molecules and ions. Our findings have revealed some of the most fascinating properties of such brush-supported ions and water molecules, including the most remarkable control of nanofluidic transport afforded by the specific ion and water responses induced by the PE brushes grafted on the inner walls of the nanochannel. This feature article aims to summarize some of our key contributions associated with such atomistic simulations of polymer and PE brushes and brush-supported water molecules and counterions.
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- Raashiq Ishraaq
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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Wang Y, Zhang Y, Shen Z, Qiu Y, Wang C, Wu Z, Shen M, Shao C, Tang R, Hannig M, Fu B, Zhou Z. STMP and PVPA as Templating Analogs of Noncollagenous Proteins Induce Intrafibrillar Mineralization of Type I Collagen via PCCP Process. Adv Healthc Mater 2024:e2400102. [PMID: 38657167 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202400102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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The phosphorylated noncollagenous proteins (NCPs) play a vital role in manipulating biomineralization, while the mechanism of phosphorylation of NCPs in intrafibrillar mineralization of collagen fibril has not been completely deciphered. Poly(vinylphosphonic acid) (PVPA) and sodium trimetaphosphate (STMP) as templating analogs of NCPs induce hierarchical mineralization in cooperation with indispensable sequestration analogs such as polyacrylic acid (PAA) via polymer-induced liquid-like precursor (PILP) process. Herein, STMP-Ca and PVPA-Ca complexes are proposed to achieve rapid intrafibrillar mineralization through polyelectrolyte-Ca complexes pre-precursor (PCCP) process. This strategy is further verified effectively for remineralization of demineralized dentin matrix both in vitro and in vivo. Although STMP micromolecule fails to stabilize amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) precursor, STMP-Ca complexes facilely permeate into intrafibrillar interstices and trigger phase transition of ACP to hydroxyapatite within collagen. In contrast, PVPA-stabilized ACP precursors lack liquid-like characteristic and crystallize outside collagen due to rigid conformation of PVPA macromolecule, while PVPA-Ca complexes infiltrate into partial intrafibrillar intervals under electrostatic attraction and osmotic pressure as evidenced by intuitionistic 3D stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (3D-STORM). The study not only extends the variety and size range of polyelectrolyte for PCCP process but also sheds light on the role of phosphorylation for NCPs in biomineralization.
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- Yiru Wang
- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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- School of Stomatology, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310000, China
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- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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- Center for Biomaterials and Biopathways, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310000, China
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- Clinic of Operative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry, Saarland University, 66424, Homburg Saar, Germany
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- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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Polimeni M, Pasquier C, Lund M. Virtual cell model for osmotic pressure calculation of charged biomolecules. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:194111. [PMID: 34800960 DOI: 10.1063/5.0063717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The osmotic pressure of dilute electrolyte solutions containing charged macro-ions as well as counterions can be computed directly from the particle distribution via the well-known cell model. Originally derived within the Poisson-Boltzmann mean-field approximation, the cell model considers a single macro-ion centered into a cell, together with counterions needed to neutralize the total cell charge, while it neglects the phenomena due to macro-ion correlations. While extensively applied in coarse-grained Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of continuum solvent systems, the cell model, in its original formulation, neglects the macro-ion shape anisotropy and details of the surface charge distribution. In this paper, by comparing one-body and two-body coarse-grained MC simulations, we first establish an upper limit for the assumption of neglecting correlations between macro-ions, and second, we validate the approximation of using a non-spherical macro-ion. Next, we extend the cell model to all-atom molecular dynamics simulations and show that protein concentration-dependent osmotic pressures can be obtained by confining counterions in a virtual, spherical subspace defining the protein number density. Finally, we show the possibility of using specific interaction parameters for the protein-ion and ion-ion interactions, enabling studies of protein concentration-dependent ion-specific effects using merely a single protein molecule.
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- Marco Polimeni
- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM), Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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Jacobs M, Lopez CG, Dobrynin AV. Quantifying the Effect of Multivalent Ions in Polyelectrolyte Solutions. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Michael Jacobs
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52056, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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Yao G, Zhao J, Haruna MA, Wen D. Molecular dynamics insight into viscosity reduction of hydrolysed polyacrylamide by using carbon quantum dots. RSC Adv 2021; 11:26037-26048. [PMID: 34354829 PMCID: PMC8317175 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03935k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hydrolysed polyacrylamide (HPAM) is widely used in many industrial fields where its rheological properties play a leading role. Recent discovery of the reduction of HPAM's viscosity by adding carbon quantum dots (CQDs), however, is controversial to the established theories. By using all atom molecular dynamics simulation with an OPLS-AA force field, this study aims to provide detailed molecular insight into such an uncommon phenomenon. The dynamic structures of the HPAM chain in the presence or absence of CQDs were clearly captured from the molecular aspect. The results reveal that the adsorption of CQD reduces the gyration radius of the HPAM chain, and it is the corresponding hydration effect that leads to the reduction of the viscosity. The amide rather than the carboxylate group along the HPAM chain is dominant in terms of the interaction with the CQDs, and the driven atoms depend on the surface where the polymer is adsorbed.
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- Guice Yao
- School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University Beijing 100191 China
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- School of General Engineering, Beihang University Beijing 100191 China
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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- School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University Beijing 100191 China.,School of General Engineering, Beihang University Beijing 100191 China .,School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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Zhou Z, Zhang L, Li J, Shi Y, Wu Z, Zheng H, Wang Z, Zhao W, Pan H, Wang Q, Jin X, Zhang X, Tang R, Fu B. Polyelectrolyte-calcium complexes as a pre-precursor induce biomimetic mineralization of collagen. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:953-967. [PMID: 33367434 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05640e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polyelectrolytes such as polyaspartic acid (PAsp) are critical in biomimetic mineralization as stabilizers of amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) precursors and as nucleation inhibitors similar to non-collagenous proteins (NCPs). Nevertheless, the application of polyelectrolyte-calcium complexes as a pre-precursor, such as PAsp-Ca complexes, in the mineralization of collagen is unexplored. Herein, we propose a polyelectrolyte-Ca complex pre-precursor (PCCP) process for collagen mineralization. By combining three-dimensional (3D) STORM, potential measurements, and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy with molecular dynamics simulations, we show that liquid-like electropositive PAsp-Ca complexes along with free calcium ions infiltrate electronegative collagen fibrils. The PAsp-Ca complexes are immobilized within the fibrils via chelation and hydrogen bonds, and outward movement of free calcium ions is prevented while phosphate and hydroxide are recruited through electrostatic attractions. Afterwards, ACP instantly forms and gradually crystallizes. The PCCP process not only unites two distinct crystallization pathways (classical (free Ca/P ions) and non-classical (polyelectrolyte-Ca complexes)), but also provides a novel strategy for rapid biomimetic mineralization of collagen.
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- Zihuai Zhou
- The Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China.
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Lopez CG, Horkay F, Mussel M, Jones RL, Richtering W. Screening lengths and osmotic compressibility of flexible polyelectrolytes in excess salt solutions. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:7289-7298. [PMID: 32667374 PMCID: PMC8281568 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm00464b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We report results of small angle neutron scattering measurements made on sodium polystyrene sulfonate in aqueous salt solutions. The correlation length (ξ) and osmotic compressibility are measured as a function of polymer (c) and added salt (cS) concentrations, and the results are compared with scaling predictions and the random-phase approximation (RPA). In Dobrynin et al.'s scaling model the osmotic pressure consists of a counter-ion contribution and a polymer contribution. The polymer contribution is found to be two orders of magnitude smaller than expected from the scaling model, in agreement with earlier observations made on neutral polymers in good solvent condition. RPA allows the determination of single-chain dimensions in semidilute solutions at high polymer and added salt concentrations, but fails for cS≤ 2 M. The χ parameter can be modelled as the sum of an intrinsic contribution (χ0) and an electrostatic term: χ∼χ0 + K'/√cS, where χ0 > 0.5 is consistent with the hydrophobic nature of the backbone of NaPSS. The dependence of χelec∼ 1/√cS disagrees with the random-phase approximation (χelec∼ 1/cs), but agrees with the light scattering results in dilute solution and Dobrynin et al.'s scaling treatment of electrostatic excluded volume.
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- Carlos G Lopez
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 2, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
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Magnesium, Calcium, Potassium, Sodium, Phosphorus, Selenium, Zinc, and Chromium Levels in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Review. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9061901. [PMID: 32570709 PMCID: PMC7357092 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9061901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Macronutrients and trace elements are important components of living tissues that have different metabolic properties and functions. Trace elements participate in the regulation of immunity through humoral and cellular mechanisms, nerve conduction, muscle spasms, membrane potential regulation as well as mitochondrial activity and enzymatic reactions. Excessive alcohol consumption disrupts the concentrations of crucial trace elements, also increasing the risk of enhanced oxidative stress and alcohol-related liver diseases. In this review, we present the status of selected macroelements and trace elements in the serum and plasma of people chronically consuming alcohol. Such knowledge helps to understand the mechanisms of chronic alcohol-use disorder and to progress and prevent withdrawal effects, also improving treatment strategies.
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Landsgesell J, Hebbeker P, Rud O, Lunkad R, Košovan P, Holm C. Grand-Reaction Method for Simulations of Ionization Equilibria Coupled to Ion Partitioning. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Jonas Landsgesell
- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Preska Steinberg A, Wang ZG, Ismagilov RF. Food Polyelectrolytes Compress the Colonic Mucus Hydrogel by a Donnan Mechanism. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:2675-2683. [PMID: 31244018 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Systems consisting of a polyelectrolyte solution in contact with a cross-linked polyelectrolyte network are ubiquitous (e.g., biofilms, drug-delivering hydrogels, and mammalian extracellular matrices), yet the underlying physics governing these interactions is not well understood. Here, we find that carboxymethyl cellulose, a polyelectrolyte commonly found in processed foods and associated with inflammation and obesity, compresses the colonic mucus hydrogel (a key regulator of host-microbe interactions and a protective barrier) in mice. The extent of this polyelectrolyte-induced compression is enhanced by the degree of polymer negative charge. Through animal experiments and numerical calculations, we find that this phenomenon can be described by a Donnan mechanism. Further, the observed behavior can be quantitatively described by a simple, one-parameter model. This work suggests that polymer charge should be considered when developing food products because of its potential role in modulating the protective properties of colonic mucus.
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Yao G, Zhao J, Ramisetti SB, Wen D. Atomistic Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Dilute Poly(acrylic acid) Solution: Effects of Simulation Size Sensitivity and Ionic Strength. Ind Eng Chem Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b03549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Guice Yao
- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K
- School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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Ullner M, Qamhieh K, Cabane B. Osmotic pressure in polyelectrolyte solutions: cell-model and bulk simulations. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:5832-5846. [PMID: 29989128 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00654g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The osmotic pressure of polyelectrolyte solutions as a function of concentration has been calculated by Monte Carlo simulations of a spherical cell model and by molecular dynamics simulations with periodic boundary conditions. The results for the coarse-grained polyelectrolyte model are in good agreement with experimental results for sodium polyacrylate and the cell model is validated by the bulk simulations. The cell model offers an alternative perspective on osmotic pressure and also forms a direct link to even simpler models in the form of the Poisson-Boltzmann approximation applied to cylindrical and spherical geometries. As a result, the non-monotonic behaviour of the osmotic coefficient seen in simulated salt-free solutions is shown not to rely on a transition between a dilute and semi-dilute regime, as is often suggested when the polyion is modelled as a linear flexible chain. The non-monotonic behaviour is better described as the combination of a finite-size effect and a double-layer effect. Parameters that represent the linear nature of the polyion, including an alternative to monomer concentration, make it possible to display a generalised behaviour of equivalent chains, at least at low concentrations. At high concentrations, local interactions become significant and the exact details of the model become important. The effects of added salt are also discussed and one conclusion is that the empirical additivity rule, treating the contributions from the polyelectrolyte and any salt separately, is a reasonable approximation, which justifies the study of salt-free solutions.
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- Magnus Ullner
- Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University, POB 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
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Lounis FM, Chamieh J, Leclercq L, Gonzalez P, Rossi JC, Cottet H. Effect of Dendrigraft Generation on the Interaction between Anionic Polyelectrolytes and Dendrigraft Poly(l-Lysine). Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E45. [PMID: 30966081 PMCID: PMC6415173 DOI: 10.3390/polym10010045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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In this present work, three generations of dendrigraft poly(l-Lysine) (DGL) were studied regarding their ability to interact with linear poly (acrylamide-co-2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonate) (PAMAMPS) of different chemical charge densities (30% and 100%). Frontal analysis continuous capillary electrophoresis (FACCE) was successfully applied to determine binding constants and binding stoichiometries. The effect of DGL generation on the interaction was evaluated for the first three generations (G2, G3, and G4) at different ionic strengths, and the effect of ligand topology (linear PLL vs. dendrigraft DGL) on binding parameters was evaluated. An increase of the biding site constants accompanied with a decrease of the DGL-PAMAMPS (n:1) stoichiometry was observed for increasing DGL generation. The logarithm of the global binding constants decreased linearly with the logarithm of the ionic strength. This double logarithmic representation allowed determining the extent of counter-ions released from the association of DGL molecules onto one PAMAMPS chain that was compared to the total entropic reservoir constituted by the total number of condensed counter-ions before the association.
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- IBMM, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, France.
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- IBMM, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, France.
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- IBMM, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, France.
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- IBMM, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, France.
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Asghari M, Sheikh M, Afsari M, Dehghani M. Molecular simulation and experimental investigation of temperature effect on chitosan-nanosilica supported mixed matrix membranes for dehydration of ethanol via pervaporation. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lounis FM, Chamieh J, Leclercq L, Gonzalez P, Geneste A, Prelot B, Cottet H. Interactions between Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry: Effect of Ionic Strength and Charge Density. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:2684-2694. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b11907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Feriel Meriem Lounis
- Institut
des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC
1706, 34095 Montpellier
Cedex 5, France
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- Institut
des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC
1706, 34095 Montpellier
Cedex 5, France
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- Institut
des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC
1706, 34095 Montpellier
Cedex 5, France
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- Institut
des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC
1706, 34095 Montpellier
Cedex 5, France
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- Institut
Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Université de Montpellier, CC1502, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Université de Montpellier, CC1502, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Institut
des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC
1706, 34095 Montpellier
Cedex 5, France
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Niu LN, Jee SE, Jiao K, Tonggu L, Li M, Wang L, Yang YD, Bian JH, Breschi L, Jang SS, Chen JH, Pashley DH, Tay FR. Collagen intrafibrillar mineralization as a result of the balance between osmotic equilibrium and electroneutrality. NATURE MATERIALS 2017; 16:370-378. [PMID: 27820813 PMCID: PMC5321866 DOI: 10.1038/nmat4789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Mineralization of fibrillar collagen with biomimetic process-directing agents has enabled scientists to gain insight into the potential mechanisms involved in intrafibrillar mineralization. Here, by using polycation- and polyanion-directed intrafibrillar mineralization, we challenge the popular paradigm that electrostatic attraction is solely responsible for polyelectrolyte-directed intrafibrillar mineralization. As there is no difference when a polycationic or a polyanionic electrolyte is used to direct collagen mineralization, we argue that additional types of long-range non-electrostatic interaction are responsible for intrafibrillar mineralization. Molecular dynamics simulations of collagen structures in the presence of extrafibrillar polyelectrolytes show that the outward movement of ions and intrafibrillar water through the collagen surface occurs irrespective of the charges of polyelectrolytes, resulting in the experimentally verifiable contraction of the collagen structures. The need to balance electroneutrality and osmotic equilibrium simultaneously to establish Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium in a polyelectrolyte-directed mineralization system establishes a new model for collagen intrafibrillar mineralization that supplements existing collagen mineralization mechanisms.
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- Li-na Niu
- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, DIBINEM, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- The Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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- The Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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Lounis FM, Chamieh J, Leclercq L, Gonzalez P, Cottet H. The Effect of Molar Mass and Charge Density on the Formation of Complexes between Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes. Polymers (Basel) 2017; 9:polym9020050. [PMID: 30970728 PMCID: PMC6432040 DOI: 10.3390/polym9020050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The interactions between model polyanions and polycations have been studied using frontal continuous capillary electrophoresis (FACCE) which allows the determination of binding stoichiometry and binding constant of the formed polyelectrolyte complex (PEC). In this work, the effect of the poly(l-lysine) (PLL) molar mass on the interaction with statistical copolymers of acrylamide and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonate (PAMAMPS) has been systematically investigated for different PAMAMPS chemical charge densities (15% and 100%) and different ionic strengths. The study of the ionic strength dependence of the binding constant allowed the determination of the total number of released counter-ions during the formation of the PEC, which can be compared to the total number of counter-ions initially condensed on the individual polyelectrolyte partners before the association. Interestingly, this fraction of released counter-ions, which was strongly dependent on the PLL molar mass, was almost independent of the PAMAMPS charge density. These findings are useful to predict the binding constant according to the molar mass and charge density of the polyelectrolyte partners.
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- Feriel Meriem Lounis
- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 1706, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France.
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 1706, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France.
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 1706, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France.
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 1706, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France.
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 1706, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France.
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Hsiao PY. Polyelectrolyte Threading through a Nanopore. Polymers (Basel) 2016; 8:E73. [PMID: 30979169 PMCID: PMC6432567 DOI: 10.3390/polym8030073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2016] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Threading charged polymers through a nanopore, driven by electric fields E, is investigated by means of Langevin dynamics simulations. The mean translocation time 〈 τ 〉 is shown to follow a scaling law Nα, and the exponent α increases monotonically from 1.16 (4) to 1.40 (3) with E. The result is double-checked by the calculation of mean square displacement of translocation coordinate, which asserts a scaling behavior tβ (for t near τ) with β complying with the relation αβ = 2. At a fixed chain length N, 〈τ〉 displayed a reciprocal scaling behavior E-1 in the weak and also in the strong fields, connected by a transition E-1.64(5) in the intermediate fields. The variations of the radius of gyration of chain and the positions of chain end are monitored during a translocation process; far-from-equilibrium behaviors are observed when the driving field is strong. A strong field can strip off the condensed ions on the chain when it passes the pore. The total charges of condensed ions are hence decreased. The studies for the probability and density distributions reveal that the monomers in the trans-region are gathered near the wall and form a pancake-like density profile with a hump cloud over it in the strong fields, due to fast translocation.
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- Pai-Yi Hsiao
- Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
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Menne D, Kamp J, Erik Wong J, Wessling M. Precise tuning of salt retention of backwashable polyelectrolyte multilayer hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes. J Memb Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.10.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chang R, Kim Y, Yethiraj A. Osmotic Pressure of Polyelectrolyte Solutions with Salt: Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simulation Studies. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Rakwoo Chang
- Department
of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 139-741, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 139-741, Republic of Korea
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- Theoretical
Chemistry Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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