The protonation constant values of salicylic and 5-nitrosalicylic acid werestudied by a combinationof spectrophotometric and potentiometric methods at 25 °C in wide range of ionic strength. The ionicstrength of solutions was kept constant by sodium perchlorate as background electrolyte at 0.10 to 3.0 moldm-3. Potentiometer was calibrated according to Gran method at each of ionic strength. The p...

The (pre)wetting behavior of an annealed polyelectrolyte (PE) brush by an electrolyte solution that is strongly segregated from an apolar phase is analyzed. In this complex interface, there are interactions on various length scales. There are short-range interactions with the (uncharged) surface, and there are interactions on the length scale of the brush height. Using either the ionic strength...

To rationalize the disentangling action of type II topoisomerases, an improved wormlike DNA model was used to delineate the degree of unknotting and decatenating achievable by selective segment passage at specific juxtaposition geometries and to determine how these activities were affected by DNA circle size and solution ionic strength. We found that segment passage at hooked geometries can red...

As double-stranded DNA is stretched to its B-form contour length, models of polymer elasticity can describe the dramatic increase in measured force. When the molecule is stretched beyond the contour length, it further shows a highly cooperative overstretching transition. We have developed a theoretical description for this transition by coupling the two-state model and the elasticity theory pro...

Determination of the composition and stability of metal-ion mandelate complexes was performed as a part of systematic investigations of unsubstituted and substituted metal-ion monocarboxylate complexes in our laboratory. The intention was to give some insight into factors governing the stability of these complexes-. In order to complete this study the same experimental conditions (i. e. tempera...

Spectrophotometric study of Hoechst 33258 binding to DNA has been investigated. It was shown that this ligand forms at least two types of complexes at 0.002 M and 0.02M ionic strengths of solution. One of them is strong, the other is weak. It was revealed that at 0.02M ionic strength of solution, the binding constant value by strong mode is one order higher than at 0.002M. It was obtained that ...

Aqueous-organic mixtures can be used to lower freezing points in the study of some enzymic reactions at subzero temperatures. It is necessary to work at suitable ionic strengths and protonic activities and to know how these parameters vary with temperature. This paper deals with the provision of a controlled ionic environment and indicates how to obtain a desired ionic content in order to study...