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In the paragraph on organic chemistry in chapter 3 a protein molecule was described as a polymer of amino acids which are linked by means of peptide bonds (not included in figure 5.6). The molecule can possess additional acid carboxyl (COOH) and alkaline amino (NH2) groups. When dissolved in a polar environment like e.g. water... 

Aluminium oxide ceramics contain elements with an atom mass which is virtually identical to the atom mass of the elements in bone. The crystal lattice contains Al3+ and O 2 ions. The aluminium oxide is not stable in the air as it wants to combine with components in the air. That is why the surface of a crystal only contains O2-ions. These attract substances with a large dipole from the environment, like for instance water molecules and protein-containing body substances. Since the aluminium oxide implant in the body is covered by a layer of protein molecules, the body does not recognize the implant as nonself, and consequently the defence mechanism is not activated. 

After each pulse, nuclei should be relaxation times even for atoms witiiin tiie same molecule, ranging from about 10 to 1(F seconds. In practice, a compromise is used in which only partial relaxation is allowed between pulses since complete relaxation is not allowed, nuclei in different environments within the same molecule are likely to have different integrated intensities. This is probably the main limitation to quantitative C spectroscopy. 

Only a few recent studies have dealt with the use of photoactive membranes prepared by immobilization of titania particles in polymeric membranes or deposition of porous titania coatings. " They were concerned with photooxidation applications like antifouhng or elimination of small organic molecules that cannot be stopped by conventional membrane treatments, but which are very harmful to the environment, like VOCs. 

Etzler (1983) has proposed a first-order theory of vicinal water based on the percolation theory treatment of bulk water developed by Stanley and Teixeira (1980a,b). Etzler assumes two distinct types of H-bond connectivity, namely, a perfect four-connected set of water molecules and the remainder, with three, two or one (or no) H-bonds. Based on the idea that two distinct populations of water molecule environments exist, Etzler calculated the increase in the amount of ice-like (four-coordinated) local environments and proposed that the tendency to create such more nearly tetrahedral arrangements is somehow induced by proximity to the surface. The vicinal water thus represents an enhancement of the ice-like structure. Etzler then calculated the density of the water in silica pores. This was... 

We have noted that the interfacial tension between two immiscible fluids can be modified because of tbe presence of solutes. Especially important in this regard are tbe solutes that are known as surfactants (or surface-active agents ). These are typically molecules with two distinct chemical moieties, each of which (on its own) would be soluble in one of the two bulk fluids, and more or less insoluble in the other. When one of the two fluids is water, the portion of the surfactant that prefers the water is known as hydrophilic, whereas the part that prefers the other liquid is known as hydrophobic. Hence part of the surfactant molecule would like to be in fluid A and part in fluid B. The result is that there is a strong tendency for the surfactant to accumulate at the interface between andB, where each part can be more satisfied with its chemical environment than if the surfactant were wholly in either fluid A or B. Not only do surfactants tend to accumulate at interfaces, but their presence generally results in a strong decrease in the interfacial tension relative to the value of a clean AB interface. The fact that the interfacial tension is decreased certainly makes qualitative sense if we recall the interpretation of yas the surface free energy that measures the work required to achieve an increase of interfacial area. 

The solubilized molecules are in a dynamic equilibrium between complexed and uncomplexed forms. Therefore, a fraction of the molecules will react in the uncom-plexed form in solution during exposure to radiation. Some molecules are likely to interact with the hydroxyl residues or substituents on the outer surface of the cyclodextrin unit and thereby experience a partly hindered degree of freedom. The remaining fraction will experience a less polar environment, protection from oxygen, and a decrease of the intramolecular rotational freedom inside the cavity during excitation. The inhomogenity of cyclodextrin systems can be demonstrated by a typically broad lifetime distribution and a red shift of the emission maximum when excited in the red edge of the absorption band (Bortolus and Monti, 1996). 

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