Specific ion effects are studied in two complex biological systems: water absorbance of wool fibers, and growth rates of a halophilic bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, in different electrolyte solutions.
Hofmeister effects in cationic microemulsions
β Scribed by Sergio Murgia; Maura Monduzzi; Barry W. Ninham
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 240 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1359-0294
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β¦ Synopsis
Ternary oil-water double chained cationic microemulsions provide a sensitive system to explore specific ion effects. Very slight changes in ionic concentrations of perturbing Hofmeister ions show up dramatic changes in bulk phase behavior that seem to throw some new light on the problem of water structure.
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