Bioscience Journal, 2017 Cell surface adhesion is considered an essential step in the spread, infection and persistence of Candida yeasts in the host. Their ability to adhere on biotic and abiotic surfaces depends on several factors, including hydrophobicity.
Bruno Ezequiel Carvalho Porfírio +5 more
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Functionalized Transparent Surfaces with Enhanced Self-Cleaning against Ink Aerosol Contamination [PDF]
, 2016 During operation of a standard commercial inkjet printer, suspended ink particles form an ink aerosol inside the printing chamber that can cause serious malfunctions, including contamination of the transparent window of the printhead position calibration
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Hydrophobically-Modified PEG Hydrogels with Controllable Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Balance [PDF]
Polymers, 2021 This work reports on a novel method to synthesize hydrophobically-modified hydrogels by curing epoxy monomers with amines. The resulting networks contain hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) segments, poly(propylene glycol) (PPG) segments, and C18 alkyl segments.
Bignotti F. +4 more
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50 years of amino acid hydrophobicity scales: revisiting the capacity for peptide classification
Biological ResearchBACKGROUND: Physicochemical properties are frequently analyzed to characterize protein-sequences of known and unknown function. Especially the hydrophobicity of amino acids is often used for structural prediction or for the detection of membrane ...
Stefan Simm +3 more
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Hydrophobicity and Unique Folding of Selected Polymers
, 1998 In suitable environments, proteins, nucleic acids and certain synthetic polymers fold into unique conformations. This work shows that it is possible to construct lattice models of foldable heteropolymers by expressing the energy only in terms of ...
Vendruscolo, Michele
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Biofilms formed by Candida albicans bloodstream isolates display phenotypic and transcriptional heterogeneity that are associated with resistance and pathogenicity [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Candida albicans infections have become increasingly recognised as being biofilm related. Recent studies have shown that there is a relationship between biofilm formation and poor clinical outcomes in patients infected with biofilm ...
Borghi, Elisa +11 more
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Journal of Spectral Imaging, 2017 This study investigates the potential use of attenuated total internal reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FT-IR) imaging, a hyperspectral imaging modality, to investigate molecular level trends in the interaction of water with polymeric surfaces ...
S. Mukherjee +4 more
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Effects of hydrocarbon spills on the temperature and moisture regimes of Cryosols in the Ross Sea region [PDF]
, 2002 Hydrocarbon spills have occurred on Antarctic soils where fuel oils are utilized, moved or stored. We investigated the effects of hydrocarbon spills on soil temperature and moisture regimes by comparing the properties of existing oil contaminated sites ...
Aislabie, Jackie M. +4 more
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Evaluation method of hydrophobicity of composite insulators based on improved Mask R-CNN
Diance yu yibiaoTo ensure the safe operation of power system, it is necessary to discriminate the hydrophobicity level online of composite insulators in time. In order to improve the generalization ability of composite insulator hydrophobicity state evaluation model ...
SHENG Fei +5 more
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γ-ray effects on lipophilic and hydrophobic properties of polypropylene foaming materials
Fushe yanjiu yu fushe gongyi xuebao, 2021 The effects of γ-ray irradiation on the lipophilic and hydrophobic properties of two types of polypropylene (PP) foam materials were systematically studied.
CAI Peijun +4 more
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