Filamentous fungi are an unexplored source for the production of biosurfactants, but over a decade one of the most surface active molecules called hydrophobins was discovered. There are few techniques to determine the ...

Surface properties of aqueous solutions of mixtures of humic acid, HA, and a series of cationic surfactants, CnTAB, have been studied. For a fixed amount of HA, the concentration of surfactant at which micelle-like aggregates ...

This work presents a systematic study on the relationship between the adsorption mechanism and the surface bio-activity of d-amino acid oxidase (pkDAAO). This rational approach is based on measuring the characteristic ...

The surface stability and resulting transmission of the SARS-CoV-2, specifically in indoor environments, have been identified as a potential pandemic challenge requiring investigation. This novel virus can be found on ...

A significant increase of surface hydrophilicity of copper and gold surfaces was obtained after atmospheric pressure plasma treatment using the surface dielectric barrier discharge with specific electrode geometry, the ...

Methanol oxidation over metal oxide catalysts is industrially important for the production of formaldehyde, but knowledge about the intrinsic catalysis taking place is often obscured by a lack of knowledge as to the number ...

We present a theoretical study of the diffusion of Li, Na and K on a Cu(111) surface. Various diffusional paths are identified and characterized in terms of kinetic parameters such as diffusion constants and activation ...

Magnesium and its alloys are the lightest metallic materials used for structural applications. Tuning the surface functionalization of magnesium alloys may contribute to increasing their durability. Dry or wet processes ...

A detailed study of the methanol chemisorption and oxidation processes on oxide surfaces allowed the development of a method to quantify the number of surface active sites (Ns) of metal oxide catalysts. In situ infrared ...