The size and shape of a surfactant aggregate could be altered by using supersaturation like in crystal growth, rather than applying common laws that drive surfactant aggregate formation.

Zwitterionic compounds are less ecotoxic than their analogous ionic liquids.

A novel biointerface bearing zwitterionic carboxybetaine moieties was developed for effective resistance to nonspecific adsorption of proteins and blood cells. Self-assembled thin films (SAFs) of (N,N-dimethylaminopropyl) trimethoxysilane were formed as mattress layers by either vapor or solution deposition. Subsequently, the tertiary amine head groups on SAFs were reacted with β-propiolactone ...

The formation of zwitterionic adducts between neutral nucleophiles such as NMe(3) and PMe(3) with neutral electrophiles such as methyl vinyl ketone (MVK) has been studied with a wide variety of theoretical methods. It has been found that hybrid density functional methods such as B3LYP are not capable of describing these zwitterionic structures as minima on the potential energy surface. This is ...

The structures of isolated alkaline earth metal cationized amino acids are investigated using infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy and theory. These results indicate that arginine, glutamine, proline, serine, and valine all adopt zwitterionic structures when complexed with divalent barium. The IRMPD spectra for these ions exhibit bands assigned to carboxylate stretching mo...

Morphological selection of the self-assembled nanostructure of zwitterionic porphyrins between nanorod and nanosheet by the small displacement of the peripheral anionic position is demonstrated based on the J-aggregates of zwitterionic porphyrin isomers, meso-tetrakis(5-sulfonatothienyl)porphyrin diacid and meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatothienyl)porphyrin diacid.

Development of catalysts for the selective hydrolysis proteins is challenging, yet important many applications in biotechnology and proteomics. The hydrophobic particularly as due to their poor solubility, use surfactants often required. In this study, proteolytic potential catalyst systems based on Zr(IV)-substituted Keggin polyoxometalate (Et2NH2)10[Zr(PW11O39)2] (Zr-K 1:2) three different (i...

Biosurfactants are of growing interest as sustainable alternatives to fossil-fuel-derived chemical surfactants, particularly for the detergent industry. To realize this potential, it is necessary to understand how they affect proteins which they may encounter in their applications. However, knowledge of such interactions is limited. Here, we present a study of the interactions between the model...

A new zwitterionic monolayer film of sulfobetaine was constructed by grafting novelly designed N,N-dimethyl (beta-hydroxyethyloxyethyl) ammonium propanesulfonate (DHAPS) to hydroxyl groups of glass in the presence of hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) as a coupling agent and dibutyltin dilaurate (DBTDL) as a catalyst. Experiments of blood adhesion proved that the zwitterionic film possessed excel...

A novel zwitterionic near-infrared (NIR) dye, ZWCC, has been designed and synthesized. It shows significantly enhanced photostability and chemical stability compared to the existing zwitterionic NIR dye. In addition, the feasibility of labeling ZWCC with biological ligands was investigated and used in live cell imaging applications.