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- 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