A specific bifunctional molecule containing amidine is prepared to construct a CO2-responsive surface via molecular self-assembly. The smart surface undergoes CO2-responsive switching of surface charges and wettability, leading to distinctively selective adsorption of hydrophobic/hydrophilic molecules.

Self-assembled multilayers were fabricated from lignosulfonate (LS) and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDAC), and the adsorption and desorption behaviors of LS on the LS/PDAC multilayers under different pH conditions were intensively investigated. Results showed that the adsorption and desorption behaviors were controlled by electrostatic attraction, hydrophobic interaction, and change...

In this work, lipase from Candida rugosa (CRL) was immobilized on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with various wettabilities ranging from highly hydrophilic to highly hydrophobic by adsorption in order to clearly elucidate the interfacial activation character of lipases. The SAMs were made of 11-hydroxyundecane-1-thiol and 1-dodecanethiol. The adsorption behavior was monitored in situ by quart...

The stabilities and hydrocarbon/fluorocarbon sorption properties of a zeolite-like metal-organic framework (MOF) Zn(hfipbb) with fluorinated channels has been studied. By the combination of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) measurements, we confirm that Zn(hfipbb) has exceptionally high hydrothermal and thermal stabilities. The adsorption behaviors of water an...

The human cell line, GCT, secretes hemopoietins into serum-free culture medium. The conditioned medium contains activities that stimulate neutrophil-monocyte, macrophage, eosinophil, and erythroid colony growth in human marrow cultures. We have used hydrophobic adsorption chromatography to separate a neutrophil-monocyte colony-stimulating factor (CSF) from the other colony-stimulating activitie...

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of omega-functionalized long-chain alkanethiolates on gold films are excellent model systems with which to study the interactions of proteins with organic surfaces. Monolayers containing mixtures of hydrophobic (methyl-terminated) and hydrophilic [hydroxyl-, maltose-, and hexa(ethylene glycol)-terminated] alkanethiols can be tailored to select specific degrees o...

Results of studies reported here show that adsorption could result in considerable accumulation of hormones on hydrophobic hollow fibre membrane surfaces during filtration of trace-hormone containing feed solutions with a linear adsorption isotherm applicable over the majority of the estrone concentration range examined (2.6 to 154 ng/L). Models based on both diffusion and surface reaction limi...