Tuning nanoscopic water layers on hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces with laser light
The evolutional function of ordered interfacial water near solid surfaces was postulated by Szent-Györgyi: "Life actually, may have started with building these water structures." Here we report their tunability with laser light on both hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces. On the former, t...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1991. - 24(2008), 3 vom: 05. Feb., Seite 635-6 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
| Zusammenfassung: | The evolutional function of ordered interfacial water near solid surfaces was postulated by Szent-Györgyi: "Life actually, may have started with building these water structures." Here we report their tunability with laser light on both hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces. On the former, the light caused their depletion--on the latter, an increase in fluidity--as measured by atomic force acoustic microscopy. Interfacial water layers play a key role in cellular recognition. Their tunability promises to revolutionize various fields in biomedical engineering and life sciences |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 02.04.2008 Date Revised 29.01.2008 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0743-7463 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la7032737 |