We present a molecular dynamics investigation of the properties of water at the interface with the mackinawite (001) surface. We find water in the first layer to be characterised by structural properties which are reminiscent of hydrophobic substrates, with the bulk behaviour being recovered beyond the second layer. In addition, we show that the mineral surface reduces the mobility of interfaci...

Epitaxial copper layers, 20 nm to 1.5m-thick, were grown on MgO 001 by ultrahigh vacuum magnetron sputter deposition at 80 °C. In situ electrical resistivity measurements indicate partial specular scattering at the Cu vacuum interface with a Fuchs–Sondheimer scattering parameter p =0.6 0.1. In situ deposition of 0.3 to 7.0-nm-thick Ta cap layers on the Cu surfaces leads to a resistivity increas...

It has been suggested that cholinergic mechanisms are involved in learning and memory (1,4). Since cholino-mimetic drugs appear unique in their ability to alter the above parameters, this study study was undertaken to determine if there was any difference in effects on learning and memory between a directly acting drug drug, viz., pilocarpine and an indirectly acting drug, physostigmnie and als...