Browsing by Subject "Phospholipids"
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Effects of monovalent anions of the Hofmeister series on DPPC lipid bilayers part I: Swelling and in-plane equations of state
(2007)Aiming to improve understanding of the mechanisms behind specific anion effects in biological systems we have studied the effects of sodium salts of simple monovalent anions belonging to the Hofmeister series on the bilayers ...
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Effects of sodium salts of lyotropic anions on low-temperature, ordered lipid monolayers
(2012)Electrolytes are known to impart considerable disorder to lipid assemblies, including monolayers at the air-water interface, bilayers, and vesicles. In the present work, we have investigated the disordering effect of sodium ...
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In vivo imaging of quantum dots encapsulated in phospholipid micelles
(2002)Fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) have the potential to revolutionize biological imaging, but their use has been limited by difficulties in obtaining nanocrystals that are biocompatible. To address this ...
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Influence of nanoreactor environment and substrate location on the activity of horseradish peroxidase in olive oil based water-in-oil microemulsions
(2011)Oxidative enzymatic reactions using horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were carried out in water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsions composed of olive oil/lecithin/1-propanol/water, a model biomimetic system. The substrates used (gallic ...
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Investigations of the Hofmeister series and other specific ion effects using lipid model systems
(2017)From the ion point-of-view specific ion effects (SIE) arise as an interplay of ionic size and shape and charge distribution. However in aqueous systems SIE invariably involve water, and at surfaces they involve both ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Study of the effect of Hofmeister anions on monolayer, bilayer and micelle lipid model systems through experiments and theory
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2006-06)Σε αυτή την διατριβή επιχειρούμε να κατανοήσουμε τους μηχανισμούς των ειδικών επιδράσεων απλών ανιόντων σε φυσικοχημικά και βιολογικά συστήματα. Για τον σκοπό αυτό μελετήθηκαν οι επιδράσεις διαφόρων αλάτων του νατρίου με ...
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Vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopic investigation of the interaction of thiocyanate ions with zwitterionic phospholipid monolayers at the air-water interface
(2009)Thiocyanate (SCN-) is a highly chaotropic anion of considerable biological significance, which interacts quite strongly with lipid interfaces. In most cases it is not exactly known if this interaction involves direct binding ...