Advances in Colloid and Interface Science This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

Double network hydrogels: Design, fabrication, and application in biomedicines and foods
This article reviews the principles underlying the design and fabrication of hydrogels using different crosslinking approaches, including covalent and/or non-covalent bonding, and the formation mechanisms, network structures, and functional attributes of different DN hydrogels. The impact of polymer composition, structural organization, and bonding on the mechanical and functional properties of DN hydrogels is reviewed. Potential applications of these hydrogels are highlighted, including in tissue engineering, biomedicines, and foods. The functional attributes of DN hydrogels can be tailored to each of these applications b...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - October 2, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yan Yin Qingzhuo Gu Xuebo Liu Fuguo Liu David Julian McClements Source Type: research

Virus on surfaces: Chemical mechanism, influence factors, disinfection strategies, and implications for virus repelling surface design
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2023 Sep 25;320:103006. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWhile SARS-CoV-2 is generally under control, the question of variants and infections still persists. Fundamental information on how the virus interacts with inanimate surfaces commonly found in our daily life and when in contact with the skin will be helpful in developing strategies to inhibit the spread of the virus. Here in, a critically important review of current understanding of the interaction between virus and surface is summarized from chemistry point-of-view. The Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek and ext...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - October 1, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Lei Ouyang Nan Wang Joseph Irudayaraj Tetsuro Majima Source Type: research

Biomimetic materials in oil/water separation: Focusing on switchable wettabilities and applications
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2023 Sep 27;320:103003. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTClean water resources are crucial for human society, as the leakage and discharge of oily wastewater not only harm the economy but also disrupt our living environment. Therefore, there is an urgent need for efficient oil-water separation technology. Surfaces with switchable superwetting behavior have garnered significant attention due to their importance in both fundamental research and practical applications. This review introduces the fundamental principles of wettability in the oil-water separation process, t...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - October 1, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Huimin Zhang Zhiguang Guo Source Type: research

Metal ion mediated aggregation of Alzheimer's disease peptides and proteins in solutions and at surfaces
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2023 Sep 25;320:103009. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103009. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlthough the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is still unclear, abnormally high concentrations of metal ions, like copper, iron and zinc, were found in senile plaques of AD brain, which inspires extensive studies on the fundamental molecular interactions of metal ions with the pathogenic hallmarks, amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides and tau proteins, respectively forming senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in AD brains. Early works concern the concentration effect of the metal ions on Aβ and tau ag...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - September 30, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Jiahao Feng Yifei She Chongjia Li Lei Shen Source Type: research

Emerging strategies to fabricate polymeric nanocarriers for enhanced drug delivery across blood-brain barrier: An overview
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2023 Sep 26;320:103008. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103008. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBlood-brain barrier (BBB) serves as an essential interface between central nervous system (CNS) and its periphery, allowing selective permeation of ions, gaseous molecules, and other nutrients to maintain metabolic functions of brain. Concurrently, it restricts passage of unsolicited materials from bloodstream to CNS which could otherwise lead to neurotoxicity. Nevertheless, in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, and other brain cancers,...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - September 30, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yo Han Song Ranjit De Kang Taek Lee Source Type: research

Controversies on the mechanism and kinetics of emulsion polymerization: An updated critical review
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2023 Sep 24;320:103005. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103005. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTConventional emulsion polymerization (EP) is a process via free radicals whose driving force for its development has been its versatility to generate polymer colloids with ad hoc characteristics for a wide variety of applications, as well as its friendly character to the environment since the continuous medium is water. Although through decades of research, considerable progress has been made in understanding its mechanism and kinetics, some aspects are still not entirely clear. Furthermore, new ideas and experi...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - September 30, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Jorge Herrera-Ordonez Source Type: research

Approximation of electrical double-layer thickness in hydrocarbon systems flowing through the pores of reservoir rocks
This article evaluates the effects of overlap of the diffuse layers in the narrow capillaries of the reservoir rock cores in oils. Methods were developed to estimate the double-layer thickness in hydrocarbon systems, and to predict the effects of double-layer overlap on the streaming current and hence on the calculation of surface potentials for flat-sided capillaries. These methods are used to interpret results from sandstone cores in crude oil and hydrocarbon solvents. The estimation of double-layer thickness in non-aqueous solvents on the basis of 1:1 charge carriers by analogy to water systems, with correction for visc...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - September 21, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Saad F Alkafeef Source Type: research