Enzymes immobilized in mesoporous silica: A physical–chemical perspective

N Carlsson, H Gustafsson, C Thörn, L Olsson… - Advances in colloid and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Mesoporous materials as support for immobilized enzymes have been explored extensively
during the last two decades, primarily not only for biocatalysis applications, but also for …

Current understanding of water properties inside carbon nanotubes

A Chatzichristos, J Hassan - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Confined water inside carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has attracted a lot of attention in recent
years, amassing as a result a very large number of dedicated studies, both theoretical and …

Structural transformation in supercooled water controls the crystallization rate of ice

EB Moore, V Molinero - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
One of water's unsolved puzzles is the question of what determines the lowest temperature
to which it can be cooled before freezing to ice. The supercooled liquid has been probed …

Slow propagation of ice binding limits the ice-recrystallization inhibition efficiency of PVA and other flexible polymers

PM Naullage, V Molinero - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ice recrystallization inhibitors (IRI) are of critical importance in biology, cryopreservation of
cells and organs, and frozen foods. Antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs) are the most potent …

[HTML][HTML] Phase diagram of supercooled water confined to hydrophilic nanopores

DT Limmer, D Chandler - The Journal of chemical physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We present a phase diagram for water confined to cylindrical silica nanopores in terms of
pressure, temperature, and pore radius. The confining cylindrical wall is hydrophilic and …

Liquid-ice coexistence below the melting temperature for water confined in hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanopores

EB Moore, JT Allen, V Molinero - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the coexistence between confined ice
and liquid water as a function of temperature for a series of cylindrical nanopores with water …

A trapped water network in nanoporous material: the role of interfaces

S Le Caër, S Pin, S Esnouf, Q Raffy… - Physical Chemistry …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The infrared spectra of water confined in well controlled pore glasses were recorded as a
function of the pore size ranging from 8 to 320 nm and in the 30–4000 cm− 1 spectral range …

Experimental and molecular investigation of water adsorption controls in marine and lacustrine shale reservoirs

CF Ukaomah, M Sun, Z Pan, M Ostadhassan, B Liu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The restriction of hydrocarbon migration within shale reservoirs by pre-adsorbed water
necessitates an investigation into water adsorption control mechanisms within shales. In this …

Wettability modified nanoporous ceramic membrane for simultaneous residual heat and condensate recovery

HW Hu, GH Tang, D Niu - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Recovery of both latent heat and condensate from boiler flue gas is significant for improving
boiler efficiency and water conservation. The condensation experiments are carried out to …

Density hysteresis of heavy water confined in a nanoporous silica matrix

Y Zhang, A Faraone… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
A neutron scattering technique was developed to measure the density of heavy water
confined in a nanoporous silica matrix in a temperature-pressure range, from 300 to 130 K …