Title: Peculiarities of the surface crystallization of sodium chloride on mucin films.
Authors: Kulichikhin, V.; Elenskii, A.; Kharlov, A.; Shabanov, M.; Yampol'skaya, G.
Abstract: It is established that the two-dimensional crystallization of sodium chloride on the surface of a biopolymer film (film of a glycoprotein, mucin), which is used as a template, gives rise to the formation of crystals with unusual morphology-in particular, dendrites. This type of crystallization is observed in two cases-namely, when drying a film formed from a salt-containing mucin dispersion and when drying a salt solution droplet on the surface of a dry mucin film obtained from a salt-free mucin dispersion. Mechanisms leading to unusual salt crystallization are discussed, and the role of specific interactions of sodium chloride with mucin is shown.
Subjects: SURFACE chemistry; CRYSTALLIZATION; SALT; MUCINS; THIN films; BIOPOLYMERS; SOLUTION (Chemistry)
Publication: Colloid Journal, 2012, Vol 74, Issue 2, p207
ISSN: 1061-933X
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1134/S1061933X12010097

Peculiarities of the surface crystallization of sodium chloride on mucin films.

Kulichikhin, V.; Elenskii, A.; Kharlov, A.; Shabanov, M.; Yampol'skaya, G.