The formulation of a novel delivery system for ellagic acid formulated via layer-by-layer (Lb-L) electrostatic deposition of biopolymers onto soybean lecithin liposomes was achieved. Optimization of parameters affecting the formulation of biopolymer-coated liposomes was carried out by monitoring changes on its size, surface charge and morphology. Ellagic acid was loaded into the liposome core a...

A simple macroscopic model is used to determine an optimal annealing schedule for self-assembly of binary monolayers of spherical particles. The model assumes that a single rate-controlling mechanism is responsible for the formation of spatially ordered structures and that its rate follows an Arrhenius form. The optimal schedule is derived in an analytical form using classical optimization meth...

The elastic properties of single stranded (ss)DNA, studied by pulling on an isolated molecule, are shown to agree with a recent model of ssDNA that takes into account base pairings and screened electrostatic repulsion of the phosphodiester backbone. By an appropriate physicochemical treatment, the pairing interactions were suppressed and ssDNA used as an experimental model for a generic polyele...

This paper studies the principle of a novel voltage step-up converter based on a micromachined variable parallel-plate capacitor in combination with an electrostatic actuator. Electrical equivalent circuit and system-level SIMULINK models have been developed. Based on these models, an analysis of design parameters and expected device performance has been performed to serve as a starting point f...

Recent experiments show that, when a two-phase fluid confined between parallel substrates is subject to an electric field, one phase can self-assemble into a triangular lattice of islands in another phase. We describe a theory of the stability of the island lattice. It is well known that the total interface energy reduces when the island diameter increases. We show that, under certain condition...

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A two-dimensional numerical study of the expansion of a dense plasma through a more rarefied one is reported. The electrostatic ion-acoustic shock, which is generated during the expansion, accelerates the electrons of the rarefied plasma inducing a superthermal population which reduces electron thermal anisotropy. The Weibel instability is therefore not triggered and no self-generated magnetic ...

Electrostatic assembly of multilayered thin films through sequential adsorption of polyions in layer-by-layer fashion utilizes the strong electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged molecules. We perform molecular dynamics simulations of multilayers of flexible polyelectrolytes around a charged spherical particle. Our simulations establish that the charge reversal after each deposition ...

We show that the presence of a localized drive in an otherwise diffusive system results in steady-state density and current profiles that decay algebraically to their global average value, away from the drive in two or higher dimensions. An analogy to an electrostatic problem is established, whereby the density profile induced by a driving bond maps onto the electrostatic potential due to an el...

A recently developed Finite-Element (FE) model for the precise computation of electrostatic driven MEMS (Micro-ElectroMechanical-Systems) is presented. Thereby, we fully take geometric nonlinearity, contact in the snap-in mode, nonlinear electrostatic coupling forces as well as the moving of charged thin membrane-plate structures (electrodes) in an electric field into account. Furthermore, sinc...