Poly(methyl methacrylate)s containing pendant octamethylcalix[4]pyrrole subunits were prepared and demonstrated to be capable of extracting tetrabutylammonium chloride and fluoride salts from aqueous media.

Peptoids are oligomeric N-substituted glycines with potential as biologically relevant compounds. Helical peptoids provide an attractive fold for the generation of protein-protein interaction inhibitors. The generation of helical peptoid folds in organic and aqueous media has been limited to strict design rules, as peptoid-folding is mainly directed via the steric direction of alpha-chiral side...

Agar media made with 0.4% colloidal chitin plus mineral salts and adjusted to pH 8.0 was superior to four other commonly used media for the isolation and enumeration of actinomycetes from water samples. More actinomycetes developed on chitin agar, and the development of bacteria and fungi was suppressed. Frozen and vacuum-dried chitin from aqueous colloidal suspensions was finely divided and ga...

In this work, total smooth air-water interfacial areas were measured for a series of nine natural and model sandy porous media as a function of water saturation using synchrotron X-ray microtomography. Interfacial areas decreased linearly with water satuation, while the estimated maximum interfacial area compared favorably to the media geometric surface areas. Importantly, relative interfacial ...

In the present work, the procedures for the creation of self-assembled DNA nanostructures in aqueous and non-aqueous media are described. DNA-Surfactant complex formation renders the DNA soluble in organic solvents offering an exciting way to bridge the transition of DNA origami materials electronics applications. The DNA retains its structural features, and these unique geometries provide an i...

We present a first-principles-based formalism to provide a quantitative measure of the thermodynamic instability and propensity for electrochemical stabilization, passivation, or corrosion of metastable materials in aqueous media. We demonstrate that this formalism can assess the relative Gibbs free energy of candidate materials in aqueous media as well as their decomposition products, combinin...

In all living organisms, all reactions involved in peptides and proteins synthesis proceeds exceedingly efficiently inside the cells in aqueous solution. An approach to efficient preparation of peptides in aqueous media is of great importance because the safe disposal of organic solvents is a vital environmental issue, and even more essential, the aqueous milieu is crucial to preserve the confo...

Sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) is well known to form nanometre sized aqueous droplets in organic solvents and used in several contemporary applications including templates of nanoparticle synthesis. However, the detailed structural characterization of AOT in aqueous media is relatively less attended. Here we have used dynamic light scattering technique for the structural characte...

Enormous interest in biocatalysis in non-aqueous phase has recently been triggered due to the merits of good enantioselectivity, reverse thermodynamic equilibrium, and no water-dependent side reactions. It has been demonstrated that enzyme has high activity and stability in non-aqueous media, and the variation of enzyme activity is attributed to its conformational modifications. This review com...