Sentences with phrase «by hydrophobic»

Albumin contains several fatty acid binding sites and fatty acids bind these albumin sites primarily by hydrophobic binding.

This structure consists of many polymer chains arranged so that the spherical particle has a hydrophilic (water - attracting) core surrounded by hydrophobic (water - repelling) shell.

Not exact matches

As I demonstrated last Friday, Winters — by partial quotation, distortion, and almost hydrophobic vituperation — defamed the archbishop of Philadelphia.

The model system developed by researchers from the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science is made up of water and block copolymers — thread - like molecules with both a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic component.

A special feature of the model colloids made these findings possible: their softness can be tuned very finely over a large area by altering the length ratio between the hydrophilic and hydrophobic components of the molecule threads.

Substituting those residues with alanine, which is hydrophobic, reduced lipid binding by 40-fold and stopped localization to the plasma membrane.

«Our Monte Carlo [statistical] simulations unveil how the kinetic competition between folding and aggregation is resolved by the «good» sequences» built - in protection against aggregation, due to their hydrophobic - hydrophilic pattern,» says Istrail.

Cellulose acetate loses strength as it absorbs water, so the skin is waterproofed by adding a protein found in paper wasp saliva that makes their nests hydrophobic.

By comparing the hydrophobic surface and nanotextured surface, the group discovered that enhanced water droplet bouncing was created by the combined impact of the Leidenfrost levitation and the nonwetting Cassie statBy comparing the hydrophobic surface and nanotextured surface, the group discovered that enhanced water droplet bouncing was created by the combined impact of the Leidenfrost levitation and the nonwetting Cassie statby the combined impact of the Leidenfrost levitation and the nonwetting Cassie state.

Scientists funded by the NSF are studying a Namibian beetle, whose backside is a patchwork of hydrophobic and hydrophilic areas that help to collect and disperse water as needed.

Researchers at Osaka University overcame these limitations with fluorescent SM analogs by joining several fluorescent chemical compounds (fluorophores) that were highly hydrophilic to the hydrophobic lipid part (mainly acyl chains) of the synthetic molecule.

The researchers were puzzled by a nonlinear drop in surface water diffusivity — as measured by the Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization apparatus in the Han lab — as the chemical composition of the silica surface moved from hydrophobic to hydrophilic.

Conducted by Zainab Ngaini and colleagues at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, the study found that when sago waste (consisting primarily of cellulose and lignin) is chemically modified using fatty acid derivatives, the resulting material is more hydrophobic than untreated sago waste, implying that it has less affinity for water and an excellent affinity for oil.

The researchers demonstrated the versatility of their approach by using two polymers with radically different material properties — one hydrophobic and one hydrophilic — to make their particles.

The polymer, he says, resists degradation by microbes because it is highly hydrophobic, has a high molecular weight that prevents it from entering bacterial cells, and has a stable structure consisting solely of C — C and C — H bonds.

By tinkering with the bonds that these dozen contribute to, the researchers determined that one electrostatic interaction and one hydrophobic interaction help the proteins handle hot water.

Once the material is oxidizes by oxygen, water absorbs stronger, transforming the material from hydrophobic to hydrophilic,» explains Ruoff.

This illustration shows how the different effective viscosity of water affects the force required to slide two surfaces separated by a thin layer of water when confined by a hydrophilic material or a hydrophobic material.

The viscosity differences created by container materials are directly affected by the degree to which the materials are either hydrophilic — which means they attract water — or hydrophobic — which means they repel it.

Sorting in model membranes by cholesterol - mediated hydrophobic matching.

Whereas the first is explained by H - bond with the proteins, the retarded hydrogen bond dynamics around hydrophobic residues is at first glance surprising and can be explained by the additional imposed steric constraints on the water molecules at hydrophobic sites.

Lateral sorting in model membranes by cholesterol - mediated hydrophobic matching.

«Deficient neuron - microglia signaling results in impaired functional brain connectivity and social behavior» Y. Zhan, R.C. Paolicelli, F. Sforazzini, L. Weinhard, G. Bolasco, F. Pagani, A. L. Vyssotski, A. Bifone, A. Gozzi, D. Ragozzino, C.T. Gross Nature Neuroscience 17 (3), 400-4006 (2014) «USPIO - loaded Red Blood Cells as a biomimetic MR contrast agent: a relaxometric study» A. Boni, D. Ceratti, A. Antonelli, C. Sfara, M. Magnani, E. Manuali, S. Salamida, A. Gozzi, and A. Bifone Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging 9, 229 - 236 (2014) «Distributed BOLD and CBV - weighted resting - state networks in the mouse brain» F. Sforazzini, A.J. Schwarz, A. Galbusera, A. Bifone, and A. Gozzi NeuroImage 87, 403 - 415 (2014) «Antimicrobial peptides design by evolutionary multiobject optimization» G. Maccari, M. Di Luca, R. Nifosì, F. Caldarelli, G. Signore, C. Boccardi, and A. Bifone PloS Computational Biology 9 (9): e1003212 (2013) «Differential effect of orexin - 1 and crf - 1 antagonism on stress circuits: a fMRI study in the rat with the pharmacological stressor yohimbine» A. Gozzi, S: Lepore, E: Merlo Pich, and A. Bifone Neuropsychopharmacology 38 (11): 2120 - 2130 (2013) «Water dispersal and functionalization of hydrophobic iron oxide nanoparticles with lipid - modified poly (amidoamine) dendrimers» A. Boni, L. Albertazzi, C. Innocenti, M. Gemmi, and A. Bifone.

Protein - protein complexes show good complementarity in surface shape and polarity and are stabilized largely by weak interactions, such as burial of hydrophobic surface, hydrogen bonds, and van der Waals forces.

Albumin normally constitutes about 60 % of human plasma protein and plays an important role in regulating blood volume by maintaining the oncoosmotic pressure of blood needed to avoid edema, and by serving as the carrier for hydrophobic molecules, including lipid soluble hormones, bile salts, unconjugated bilirubin, free fatty acids (apoprotein), calcium, ions (transferrin), and some drugs (e.g., warfarin, phenobutazone, clofibrate & phenytoin).

Curcumin is hydrophobic and has low bioavailability, which means that by itself, it is hard for the body to absorb.

In order to cut out many of the occlusive, pore - clogging emulsifiers, fillers and texturizing agents that are often required to make a cream, we have separated our moisturizers by their content of hydrophilic (water soluable) and hydrophobic (oil soluable) ingredients.

* By Keen * Machine - washable * Hook - and - loop strap over instep * Secure fit lace capture system * Heel pull tab * Soft, quick - dry poly - webbing upper * Hydrophobic mesh lining * Closed toe * Nonmarking rubber outsole * Imported

By applying a voltage, the wetting properties of a hydrophobic surface can be modified and the surface becomes increasingly hydrophilic (wettable).

Apart from being powered by an octa - core processor, it also features optional AquaProtect hydrophobic coating, for an additional Rs. 1,500.

Cats aren't hydrophobic by nature, in fact some like getting wet, but for some reason felines tend not to drink as much water as they should.

SARGENT»S DAUGHTERS «In Times of Perseus» March 16 - April 22 Zarouhie Abdalian, Liz Collins, Ala Dehghan, Brock Enright, Zipora Fried, Sarah Meyohas, Shoplifter, Daniel Subkoff, Saya Woolfalk Triple Action / Tear Production / Hydrophobic Effect (2017) by Ala Dehghan.

Triple Action / Tear Production / Hydrophobic Effect (2017) by Ala Dehghan is an extraordinarily poignant piece — its eyes literal slits torn out of the black mesh fabric, its spray painted pupils dripping and gazing unblinking into eternity, and the strips of mylar running down like crocodile tears reflect the onlooker, distorted and mutated.

Terraces, hugelkultur, floodbreak (aka windbreak) plantings, diversion channels, maintaining wild wetlands as sinks, building creekbed pathways, using orchards as buffers, impregnating poorer - quality soils with hydrophobic biochar, progressively alternating such features with dykes laid out to fractionally draw overflows and slow flow, proper programs of dredging and berming, and on and on, there is no reason a flood plain could not be made so robust by industrious (as opposed to industrial), intelligent, conscientious (as opposed to council consultant) planning as to be impervious to a 1,000 year flood, and oh by the way, make the land more profitably productive and lucratively livable, and more resistant to drought, wildfire, invasive species and extinction of native species too.

The treated fabric is much more hydrophilic than the fabric by itself (which only absorbs about 18 % of its own weight), and yet when the temperature gets warmer, the fabric becomes hydrophobic and releases all of the absorbed water (as pure water) without any other further action.

Rather than make the casing waterproof, Apple's patent describes a method of waterproofing internal components by integrating a hydrophobic coating with the electromagnetic interference shields used to protect sensitive electronics.