We develop a generic hydrodynamic theory of active fluids with several components. We take into account polar order and consider the case when one component is viscoelastic. Our theory is motivated by the cytoskeleton which is a network of elastic filaments that are coupled to active processes such as the action of motor proteins which can generate relative forces between filaments as they hydr...

A series of diacetylenic monomers containing a polarizable aromatic substituent at one side and a flexible sidegroup with hydrogen bonding groups at the other side are reported. BPOD, 3-BPOD and NPOD are metallic red as polymerized and highly soluble in chloroform, phenol and trifluoroacetic acid. They undergo a dramatic color transition from red(h,-510 nm) to purple(h,-590 nm) upon the additio...

in the present work, a modified correlation is presented for the second virial coefficients of both polar and nonpolar fluids based on the corresponding states principle. the second virial coefficients of gaseous polar and non-polar compounds were calculated and compared with experimental data and with other correlations. comparisons with the existing correlations show that the present work is ...

Curli are functional amyloids produced by proteobacteria like Escherichia coli as part of the extracellular matrix that holds cells together into biofilms. The molecular events that occur during curli nucleation and fiber extension remain largely unknown. Combining observations from curli amyloidogenesis in bulk solutions with real-time in situ nanoscopic imaging at the single-fiber level, we s...

The effect of ferroelectric poling on the adsorption characteristics of water at lithium niobate surfaces is investigated by ab initio calculations. Thereby we model the adsorption of H2O monomers, small water clusters, and water thin films on the LiNbO3(0001) surface. The adsorption configuration and energy are determined as a function of the surface coverage on both the positive and negative ...

A high-resolution model of the microtubule has been obtained by docking the crystal structure of tubulin into a 20 A map of the microtubule. The excellent fit indicates the similarity of the tubulin conformation in both polymers and defines the orientation of the tubulin structure within the microtubule. Long C-terminal helices form the crest on the outside of the protofilament, while long loop...

To clarify the mechanism of interaction of dental adhesive monomers with biological membranes at the molecular level, we studied the interaction of methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate (MDP) and methacrylic acid (MAA) with the dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) liposome system using NMR and DSC. MDP-DPPC interaction became apparent through broadening of the DPPC phase transition as pH d...

Molecular imprinting is a method of inducing molecular recognition properties in synthetic polymers in response to the presence of a template species during formation of the three-dimensional structure of the polymer. The molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) prepared in this way have been termed "plastic antibodies" and combine the robustness of the polymer scaffold with binding properties mor...

Divanillic acid (DVA)–based monomers with different side-chains (R = -(CH2)n-1-CH3, n 1, 4, 8) were synthesized from methyl vanillate. Polycondensation of these various aromatic diamines yielded a series biomass-based polyamides weight-average molecular weights (Mw) ranging 50,000 to 110,000 g/mol. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) the found decomposition temperatures 378 420 °C. Differential sc...

Improved quantum chemistry (coupled-cluster) results are presented for spectroscopic parameters and the potential energy surface for the N(2)O dimer. The calculations produce three isomer structures, of which the two lowest energy forms are those observed experimentally: a nonpolar C(2h)-symmetry planar slipped-antiparallel geometry (with inward-located O atoms) and a higher-energy polar C(s)-s...