Effects of water content and chain length of n-alkane on the interaction enthalpy between the droplets in water/sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)-sulfosuccinate/n-alkane microemulsions

Soft Matter ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 2885-2892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dashuang Fan ◽  
Peizhu Zheng ◽  
Yuanming Ma ◽  
Tianxiang Yin ◽  
Jihua Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Chain Length ◽  
Interaction Enthalpy

Intercalation of Organic Compounds in Lipid Bilayers

1994 ◽  
Vol 376 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.A. Hamacher ◽  
H. Kaiser ◽  
R. Kulasekere ◽  
D.L. Worcester
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Lipid Bilayers ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Chain Length ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Hydrocarbon Chain ◽  
Hydrophobic Compounds ◽  
Small Hydrophobic

ABSTRACTUsing neutron diffraction we studied the incorporation of small hydrophobic compounds into bilayers consisting of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and cholesterol. They were found to be localized in a narrow band at the center of the hydrocarbon region, between the two halves of the bilayer. The structures formed by introduction of the compounds are therefore intercalated structures with the long axis of the intercalated molecules lying in the plane of the bilayer. We worked with several bilayers which differed by the length of the hydrocarbon chain of the PC. The quality of the localization depended on the presence of cholesterol, the water content and the PC chain length.

Characterization of frozen hydrated biological specimens by low-loss EELS

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1572-1573
Author(s):  
Songquan Sun ◽  
Richard D. Leapman
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Internal Standard ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Protein Solutions ◽  
Subcellular Compartment ◽  
Differential Shrinkage ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

Analyses of ultrathin cryosections are generally performed after freeze-drying because the presence of water renders the specimens highly susceptible to radiation damage. The water content of a subcellular compartment is an important quantity that must be known, for example, to convert the dry weight concentrations of ions to the physiologically more relevant molar concentrations. Water content can be determined indirectly from dark-field mass measurements provided that there is no differential shrinkage between compartments and that there exists a suitable internal standard. The potential advantage of a more direct method for measuring water has led us to explore the use of electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) for characterizing biological specimens in their frozen hydrated state.We have obtained preliminary EELS measurements from pure amorphous ice and from cryosectioned frozen protein solutions. The specimens were cryotransfered into a VG-HB501 field-emission STEM equipped with a 666 Gatan parallel-detection spectrometer and analyzed at approximately −160 C.

STEM measurement of subcellular water distributions

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 568-569
Author(s):  
R.D. Leapman ◽  
S.Q. Sun ◽  
S-L. Shi ◽  
R.A. Buchanan ◽  
S.B. Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Internal Standard ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Bulk Water ◽  
Inelastic Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
Annular Dark Field

Recent advances in rapid-freezing and cryosectioning techniques coupled with use of the quantitative signals available in the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) can provide us with new methods for determining the water distributions of subcellular compartments. The water content is an important physiological quantity that reflects how fluid and electrolytes are regulated in the cell; it is also required to convert dry weight concentrations of ions obtained from x-ray microanalysis into the more relevant molar ionic concentrations. Here we compare the information about water concentrations from both elastic (annular dark-field) and inelastic (electron energy loss) scattering measurements.In order to utilize the elastic signal it is first necessary to increase contrast by removing the water from the cryosection. After dehydration the tissue can be digitally imaged under low-dose conditions, in the same way that STEM mass mapping of macromolecules is performed. The resulting pixel intensities are then converted into dry mass fractions by using an internal standard, e.g., the mean intensity of the whole image may be taken as representative of the bulk water content of the tissue.

Satiation in humans is modulated by fatty acid chain length

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A710-A710
Author(s):  
S LAL ◽  
J MCLAUGHLIN ◽  
O NIAZ ◽  
G DOCKRAY ◽  
A VARRO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Chain Length ◽  
Fatty Acid Chain Length ◽  
Fatty Acid Chain

EFFECT OF WATER CONTENT ON PROPERTIES OF Na2O, 3SiO2 GLASSES

1982 ◽  
Vol 43 (C9) ◽  
pp. C9-455-C9-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Takata ◽  
M. Tomozawa ◽  
J. Acocella ◽  
J. Molinelli ◽  
C. Y. Erwin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Effect Of Water
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