Sentences with phrase «hydrophobic groups»

A hydrophilic group sticks to water while a hydrophobic group is immersed in oil.

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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 state.

Significantly, the group's work furthers the fundamental understanding of the dynamic Leidenfrost droplet levitation and droplet - bouncing phenomena on hydrophobic and nanoengineered surfaces.

Instead of a hydrophilic alcohol group (an oxygen - hydrogen molecule bound to a hydrogen - saturated carbon atom), the final lignin polymer contained a hydrophobic aldehyde group (a carbon atom double - bonded to an oxygen atom).

While silica does not participate directly in the catalysis, the surface molecular composition of the silica grains can influence its effectiveness if the chemical group is predominantly hydrophilic or hydrophobic.

The results suggested that the tertiary amine groups bind to D97 on TM2 and E32 in the amino terminus of CXCR4 through hydrogen bonds while aromatic residues Y45, W94, H113 and Y255 establish hydrophobic interactions with the aromatic counterpart of identified compounds.

Here, we use resurrected Precambrian proteins as scaffolds for protein engineering and demonstrate that a new active site can be generated through a single hydrophobic - to - ionizable amino acid replacement that generates a partially buried group with perturbed physico - chemical properties.