Enhancing gene delivery and expression in alveolar epithelial cells could offer the opportunity for the treatment of acquired and inherited lung diseases. Here, we show that particle adsorption of human insulin (INS) is capable of increasing plasmid DNA (pDNA) delivery from polyethylenimine (PEI) nanoparticles specifically in alveolar epithelial cells. INS receptors were predominantly detected ...

Self-assembled monolayers of thiols on gold are employed to study the role of surface chemistry on adsorption of polyelectrolytes to solid substrates. The suitability of these substrates is demonstrated in optical reflectivity, which combines high sensitivity to the possibility to precisely control the hydrodynamic conditions at the solid/water interface. Therefore, this system allows the deter...

introduction: boron (b) is an essential plant micronutrient whose soil availability is influenced by many soil factors.understanding the processes controling activity of boron (b) in the soil solution is important for soil fertility management. the reaction of adsorption and desorption of boron in soil determines the amount of boron that is available to plants. adsorption–desorption processes p...

Self-organized molecular films with long-range quasiperiodic order have been grown by using the complex potential energy landscape of quasicrystalline surfaces as templates. The long-range order arises from a specific subset of quasilattice sites acting as preferred adsorption sites for the molecules, thus enforcing a quasiperiodic structure in the film. These adsorption sites exhibit a local 5...

We discuss the adsorption of polymer chains, where all monomers are weakly attracted by the surface, except an endgroup which is strongly attracted by the surface. The equilibrium structure of the adsorbed layer is described using scaling arguments. This structure is intermediate between a self similar adsorbed layer and a brush. A first order phase transition is predicted from a quasi-self sim...

expanded graphite nanosheets (eg-nanosheets) were used for adsorption of malachite green (mg) from aqueous solution. the influences of dye concentrations, absorbent dosage, ph values and the temperatures on the adsorption were investigated as well. the dye adsorption experiments were carried out by utilizing batch procedure. eg-nanosheets were initially characterized by scanning electron micros...

sorption reactions in many heterogeneous systems are important. adsorption is a time dependent process and knowing the adsorption rate is essential for designing, evaluating and recovering the adsorbents. at the present study, an ammonium adsorption kinetic experiment by some soils series of golestan provice, which is varying in mineralogical and textural properties was conducted using solution...

the adsorption and desorption properties of sqd-85 resin for cu(ii) had been investigated. a series of experiments were conducted in a batch system to assess the effect of the system variables, i.e. initial ph, contact time and temperature. the results show that the optimal ph for the adsorption was 5.99 in the hac-naac system, and the maximum adsorption capacity was estimated to 324 mg/g at 29...

fractional flow analysis confirms the advantages of surfactant alternative gas injection (sag) in enhanced oil recovery, but an adsorption phenomenon that has been affected by several factors, weakens the effectiveness of sag injection. in this study, the effects of sacrificial agent, gas phase, and surfactant concentration on adsorption density on silica mineral were investigated by static and...