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Quantitative Light Microscopy of Dense Suspensions: Colloid Science at the Next Decimal Place
10.1016/j.cocis.2018.03.002 2018-03-23 Since the days of Perrin [1], microscopy methods have played an important role in the study of colloidal suspensions. Along with the continued development of new imaging techniques, colloid scientists have also implemented a sophisticated range of computation... |
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Soft Matter Nanoscopy
10.1016/j.cocis.2018.03.001 2018-03-19 Super-resolution microscopy (SRM), also known as nanoscopy, has gained ground in the past decade as a valuable imaging and characterization tool to investigate sub-μm architectures. Widespread is its usage in cell biology and biophysics, while visualization o... |
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Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Complexes (PESCs) Composed of Oppositely Charged Components
10.1016/j.cocis.2018.01.017 2018-03-17 Recent developments in the field of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes (PESCs) have been reviewed. Among the many developments in that field in particular very interesting is certainly the discovery of still new types of structural arrang... |
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Separating Nanoscale Emulsions: Progress and Challenges To Date
10.1016/j.cocis.2018.02.001 2018-03-13 Highlights • Separation of nanoscale emulsion is extremely difficult due to small droplet sizes. • Nanoscale emulsions pose a significant environmental risk. • Recent approaches include novel membranes, chemicals, and magnetic nanoparticles. • Techniques suff... |
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Rational design and self-assembly of short amphiphilic peptides and applications
10.1016/j.cocis.2018.02.009 2018-03-05 Peptide self-assembly is an effective way to construct well-ordered nanostructures for biomedical applications. Given that short peptide length always facilitates large-scale production for future applications and the easy establishment of structure-property ... |
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Role of Processing Parameters on Surface and Wetting Properties Controlling the Behaviour of Layer-by-Layer Coated Nanoparticles
10.1016/j.cocis.2018.02.008 2018-03-05 Wetting phenomena at surfaces and interfaces is an important field of research with numerous commercial applications. As example, superhydrophobic surfaces are used as self-cleaning, antibiofilm forming and antimicrobial materials nowadays. Given the potentia... |
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Perspective of Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization for the Study of Soft Materials ☆ ☆☆
10.1016/j.cocis.2018.02.007 2018-02-22 Solution state Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization (ODNP) has been studied for 60 years, but only in recent years has found applications of broad interest to biophysical sciences of hydration dynamics (HD-ODNP) around biomolecules and surfaces. In this re... |
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Advanced solid-state NMR methods for characterising structure and self-assembly in supramolecular chemistry, polymers and hydrogels
10.1016/j.cocis.2018.02.005 2018-02-21 Examples are presented showing how solid-state NMR can elucidate structural details where a three-dimensional crystal structure has not been obtained by diffraction. Specific examples are taken from the fields of supramolecular materials, polymers and hydroge... |
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Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Surface Enhanced NMR Spectroscopy (DNP SENS): Principles, Protocols, and Practice
10.1016/j.cocis.2018.02.006 2018-02-21 Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Surface Enhanced NMR Spectroscopy has been demonstrated to significantly improve NMR sensitivity on materials by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude at high magnetic fields. The preferential surface enhancement also allows for selectively ... |
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Perspectives on NMR studies of CO2 adsorption
10.1016/j.cocis.2018.02.003 2018-02-16 There is a consensus about a long-term goal of a carbon-neutral energy cycle, but the CO2 emissions to the atmosphere are currently very large. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies could allow a transformation of the global energy system into a carbo... |