Superhydrophobic to Superhydrophilic Wetting Transition with Programmable Ion-Pairing Interaction

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (23) ◽  
pp. 4438-4441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho Sun Lim ◽  
Seung Goo Lee ◽  
Dae Ho Lee ◽  
Dong Yun Lee ◽  
Shichoon Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ion Pairing ◽  
Wetting Transition ◽  
Pairing Interaction ◽  
Ion Pairing Interaction

scholarly journals Swapping the Positions in a Cross-Strand Lateral Ion-Pairing Interaction between Ammonium- and Carboxylate-Containing Residues in a β-Hairpin

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1346
Author(s):  
Cheng-Hsin Huang ◽  
Tong Wai Wong ◽  
Chen-Hsu Yu ◽  
Jing-Yuan Chang ◽  
Shing-Jong Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Energy ◽  
Ion Pairing ◽  
2D Nmr ◽  
Pairing Interaction ◽  
Chemical Shift Data ◽  
Statistical Studies ◽  
Pairing Interactions ◽  
Functional Peptides ◽  
Chain Lengths ◽  
Ion Pairing Interaction

Cross-strand lateral ion-pairing interactions are important for antiparallel β-sheet stability. Statistical studies suggested that swapping the position of cross-strand lateral residues should not significantly affect the interaction. Herein, we swapped the position of ammonium- and carboxylate-containing residues with different side-chain lengths in a cross-strand lateral ion-pairing interaction in a β-hairpin. The peptides were analyzed by 2D-NMR. The fraction folded population and folding free energy were derived from the chemical shift data. The ion-pairing interaction energy was derived using double mutant cycle analysis. The general trends for the fraction folded population and interaction energetics remained similar upon swapping the position of the interacting charged residues. The most stabilizing cross-strand interactions were between short residues, similar to the unswapped study. However, the fraction folded populations for most of the swapped peptides were higher compared to the corresponding unswapped peptides. Furthermore, subtle differences in the ion-pairing interaction energy upon swapping were observed, most likely due to the “unleveled” relative positioning of the interacting residues created by the inherent right-handed twist of the structure. These results should be useful for developing functional peptides that rely on lateral ion-pairing interactions across antiparallel β-strands.

A MAGNETIC WETTING TRANSITION

1988 ◽  
Vol 49 (C8) ◽  
pp. C8-1635-C8-1636 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Walden ◽  
B. L. Györffy
Keyword(s):  
Wetting Transition

Ion Pairing and Dielectric Decrement in Glycosaminoglycan Brushes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Sterling ◽  
Wenjuan Jiang ◽  
Wesley M. Botello-Smith ◽  
Yun L. Luo
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Salt Bridge ◽  
Ion Pairing ◽  
Donnan Potential ◽  
Mean Field Models ◽  
Ion Exclusion ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Contact Ion Pairs

Molecular dynamics simulations of hyaluronic acid and heparin brushes are presented that show important effects of ion-pairing, water dielectric decrease, and co-ion exclusion. Results show equilibria with electroneutrality attained through screening and pairing of brush anionic charges by cations. Most surprising is the reversal of the Donnan potential that would be expected based on electrostatic Boltzmann partitioning alone. Water dielectric decrement within the brush domain is also associated with Born hydration-driven cation exclusion from the brush. We observe that the primary partition energy attracting cations to attain brush electroneutrality is the ion-pairing or salt-bridge energy associated with cation-sulfate and cation-carboxylate solvent-separated and contact ion pairs. Potassium and sodium pairing to glycosaminoglycan carboxylates and sulfates consistently show similar abundance of contact-pairing and solvent-separated pairing. In these crowded macromolecular brushes, ion-pairing, Born-hydration, and electrostatic potential energies all contribute to attain electroneutrality and should therefore contribute in mean-field models to accurately represent brush electrostatics.

Photoisomerization-induced patterning of ion-pairing materials based on anionic azobenzene and its complex with a fluorescent π-electronic system

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (35) ◽  
pp. 4287-4290
Author(s):  
Ryohei Yamakado ◽  
Issei Kitamura ◽  
Mitsuo Hara ◽  
Shusaku Nagano ◽  
Takahiro Seki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Mass Transport ◽  
Trace Amount ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Ion Pairing ◽  
Electronic System ◽  
Large Mass ◽  
System P ◽  
The Difference

Large mass transport driven by the difference in the photoisomerization-induced surface tension was demonstrated in ion pairs, enabling fluorescence patterning using a trace amount of photoisomerized anions in complexation with a π-electronic system.

Pyrrole-bridged quinones: π-electronic systems that modulate electronic structures by tautomerism and deprotonation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinya Sugiura ◽  
Hiromitsu Maeda
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Absorption ◽  
Electronic Structures ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Ion Pairing ◽  
Anion Binding ◽  
Electronic Systems

A new series of π-extended quinone derivatives containing a pyrrole bridge exhibited NH/OH-type tautomerization and anion binding along with deprotonation that induced near-infrared absorption and ion-pairing assemblies.

scholarly journals Interaction between Different Kinds of Quantum Phase Transitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-261
Author(s):  
Angel Ricardo Plastino ◽  
Gustavo Luis Ferri ◽  
Angelo Plastino
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Body Problem ◽  
Quantum Phase Transitions ◽  
Quantum Phase ◽  
Exactly Solvable Models ◽  
Solvable Models ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Pairing Interaction ◽  
Exactly Solvable

We employ two different Lipkin-like, exactly solvable models so as to display features of the competition between different fermion–fermion quantum interactions (at finite temperatures). One of our two interactions mimics the pairing interaction responsible for superconductivity. The other interaction is a monopole one that resembles the so-called quadrupole one, much used in nuclear physics as a residual interaction. The pairing versus monopole effects here observed afford for some interesting insights into the intricacies of the quantum many body problem, in particular with regards to so-called quantum phase transitions (strictly, level crossings).

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