The usage of molten salts, e.g., Na2MoO4 and Na2WO4, has shown great success in the growth two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). In comparison with halide salt (i.e., NaCl, NaBr, KI)-assisted (Salt 1.0), salt-assisted vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) technique 2.0) improved reproducibility, efficiency scalability synthesizing 2D TMDCs. However...

The halophilic archaea (haloarchaea) live in hyersaline environments such as salt lakes, salt ponds and marine salterns. To cope with the salt stress conditions, haloarchaea have developed two fundamentally different strategies: the "salt-in" strategy and the "compatible-solute" strategy. Although investigation of the molecular mechanisms underlying the tolerance to high salt concentrations has...

Recent advances in computer hardware and software have made rigorous evaluation of current biomolecular force fields using microsecond-scale simulations possible. Force fields differ in their treatment of electrostatic interactions, including the formation of salt bridges in proteins. Here we conducted an extensive evaluation of salt bridge interactions in the latest AMBER, CHARMM, and OPLS for...

There is substantial evidence that omega-3 fatty acids reduce blood pressure, with a greater effect in hypertensive patients and those with high-normal blood pressure. The dose of omega-3 fatty acids required to achieve a blood pressure reduction is likely to be at least 3-4 g/day. However, the magnitude of the blood pressure change can be increased by salt restriction or when omega-3 fatty aci...

The Water or Arrhenius Theory was widely accepted up to the early years of this century . It defines an acid as a hydrogen compound ionizing in water to give hydrogen ions, and a base as a hy<iToxyl compound which gives hydroxide ions in water. The neutralization reaction between an acid and a base produces a salt and water only: HA(ac id) + BOH(base) ""' BA(salt) + H 20(water) and the salts so...

We explored the influence of the hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance of a series of natural bile acids on cholesterol absorption in the mouse. Male C57L/J mice were fed standard chow or chow supplemented with 0.5% cholic; chenodeoxycholic; deoxycholic; dehydrocholic; hyocholic; hyodeoxycholic; alpha-, beta-, or omega-muricholic; ursocholic; or ursodeoxycholic acids for 7 days. Biliary bile salts we...