Effects of Geomaterial-Originated Fillers on Microstructure and Mechanical/Physical Properties of α- and β-Chitosan-Based Films by Abdellah Mourak, Mohamed Hajjaji, Abdelhakim Alagui, Patrick Martin, Nicolas Joly

“….%) amounts of fillers increased as a result of the attractive electrostatic forces formed between the fillers and chitosan functional groups (–NH₃⁺, CH₂OH and NHCOCH₃). …”
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Synthesis of hydrophobic polymeric surfactant (Polyacrylamide/Zwitterionic) and its effect on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) by Elias Ghaleh Golab, Reza Ghamarpoor, Fereshteh Jafari Kondori, Seyednooroldin Hosseini, Hasan N. Al-Saedi

“…HZPAA) creates electrostatic forces and superior surface absorption. Their mechanism works in such a way that negative functional groups attract positively charged surfaces and increase the surface absorption of the polymer. …”
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Measuring the Frictional Behavior and Adhesion of PET Bottles by Emmanuel P. Georgiou, Dirk Drees, Lais M. Lopes, Christian Gerlach

“…In addition, by performing indentation-retraction measurements the electrostatic forces in a bottle-to-bottle contact can be measured. …”
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Analysis of nonlinear bending behavior of nano-switches considering surface effects by Fan Yang, Xuyang Wang, Xianlai Song, Weilin Yang

“…This paper analyzes the effects of surface effects, geometric nonlinearity, electrostatic forces, and intermolecular forces on the nonlinear bending behavior and adhesion stability of nano-switches. …”
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Spectroscopic Study of the Interaction of Reactive Dyes with Polymeric Cationic Modifiers of Cotton Fabrics by Konstantinos Papapetros, Labrini Sygellou, Charalampos Anastasopoulos, Konstantinos S. Andrikopoulos, Georgios Bokias, George A. Voyiatzis

“…Moreover, the comparative study of dye application on modified and unmodified fabrics suggests that, unlike the latter, where dyes are chemically bound to cellulose, electrostatic forces dominate the interaction of modified fabrics with dye molecules.…”
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Atomic Force Spectroscopy on Ionic Liquids by Christian Rodenbücher, Klaus Wippermann, Carsten Korte

“…As with ionic liquids, the interplay between electrostatic forces and steric effects leads to an intrinsic heterogeneity, as the structure of the ionic liquid above an electrified interface cannot be described by the classical electrical double layer model. …”
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Cr (III) Removal Capacity in Aqueous Solution in Relation to the Functional Groups Present in the Orange Peel (<i>Citrus sinensis</i>) by Laura Patiño-Saldivar, José A. Hernández, Alba Ardila, Mercedes Salazar-Hernández, Alfonso Talavera, Rosa Hernández-Soto

“…An isoelectric point analysis indicated that the adsorption is not carried out by electrostatic forces and a FTIR study of the functional groups of OP showed a decrease in the main functional groups (pectin, cellulose, and lignin, among others), which is directly related to the adsorption capacity of the bioadsorbent.…”
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Comparative Study on Polyelectrolyte Complex Formation of Chitosan and Pectin or PEMA: Effects of Molecular Weight and Mixing Speed by Rahma Boughanmi, Marina Oelmann, Christine Steinbach, Simona Schwarz

“…These components interacted via electrostatic forces to form the following PEC combinations: (lch&lp), (lch&hp), (hch&hp), and (lch&PEMA). …”
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SANS partial structure factor analysis for determining protein–polymer interactions in semidilute solution by Huang, Aaron, Yao, Helen, Olsen, Bradley D

“…Interactions between mCherry and PDMAPS are more complex, with possible contributions from both depletion forces and electrostatic forces.…”
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Emergent behavior in particle-laden microfluidic systems informs strategies for improving cell and particle separations by Vahey, Michael D., Voldman, Joel

“…To better understand the effects of particle interactions in this context, we have performed experiments and simulations involving a simple microfluidic device in which hydrodynamic and electrostatic forces are leveraged to concentrate and separate particle mixtures. …”
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Dielectric friction, violation of the Stokes-Einstein-Debye relation, and non-Gaussian transport dynamics of dipolar solutes in water by Tuhin Samanta, Dmitry V. Matyushov

“…This failure is traced back to the breakdown of additivity between friction produced by van der Waals and electrostatic forces and torques. In contrast to the neglect of their correlations by traditional models, electrostatic and van der Waals forces and torques are strongly correlated. …”
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The Effect of Alkali Iodide Salts in the Inclusion Process of Phenolphthalein in β-Cyclodextrin: A Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study by Constantine Kouderis, Stefanos Tsigoias, Panagiota Siafarika, Angelos G. Kalampounias

“…Thermodynamic properties revealed that electrostatic forces also contribute when LiI is present in solutions. …”
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Nickel ion adsorption from water by Nano Fe2O3/PP prepared from pomegranate peel residue and treated magnetically by Mohammed Aliwi Heba, Hazim Halboos Mohanad

“…This is due to the increase in the surface area of the material, as the nickel ion is linked to the active sites by electrostatic forces.…”
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Design Principles and Applications of Selective Lanthanide-Based Receptors for Inorganic Phosphate by Valérie C. Pierre, Randall K. Wilharm

“…Instead, the selectivity of our fluxional receptors is governed entirely by acid-base chemistry and electrostatic forces. Parameters that affect the affinity and selectivity of the receptors include the basicities of the coordinating ligand and of the targeted anion, the acidity of the lanthanide ion, and the geometry of the ligand. …”
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Roles of Novel Reactive Cationic Copolymers of 3-Chloro-2-hydroxypropylmethyldiallylammonium Chloride and Dimethyldiallylammonium Chloride in Fixing Anionic Dyes on Cotton Fabric by Yikai Yu, Yuejun Zhang

“…Thus, the reactive units (CMDA) of the obtained P(CMDA-DMDAAC)s could be expected to bring about the covalent bonds with the hydroxyl groups of cotton (cellulose) to form an ether linkage when fixing, resulting in the stronger interactions of P(CMDA-DMDAAC)s with cotton fabric, as well as their electrostatic forces with anionic dyes to produce the insoluble-water color lakes, for the development of fastness of anionic dyes on cotton fabric.…”
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Triplex-forming DNA Probe Approach for Silver Detection and the Effect of C-G·C Triplet Distribution on Triplex Stability by Osman Doluca

“…Ag+. While due to electrostatic forces C-G·C triplets stabilize in the presence of cations, this limits possible choices for a triplex forming sequence. …”
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Physical properties of heat cure denture base resin after incorporation of methacrylic acid by Kotha Sujitha, M Bharathi, S Lakshminarayana, Afsar Shareef, B Lavanya, V SivKumar

“…A denture base having a negative surface charge may hinder the initial adhesion of microorganisms through repulsive electrostatic forces. Aims and Objectives: The present in vitro study was performed to determine the effect of addition of antimicrobial agent MA on the flexural strength and surface roughness of heat cure denture base resin. …”
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Investigation on the Binding and Conformational Change of All-trans-Retinoic Acid with Peptidyl Prolyl cis/trans Isomerase Pin1 Using Spectroscopic and Computational Techniques by GuoFei Zhu, ShaoLi Lyu, Yang Liu, Chao Ma, Wang Wang

“…Thermodynamic parameters (ΔH = 15.76 kJ/mol and ΔS = 158.36 J/mol·K at 293 K) and computational results illustrated that the hydrophobic interactions played a significant role in the binding process of ATRA to Pin1, but electrostatic forces, weak van der Waals, and hydrogen bonds cannot be ignored. …”
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Tailoring silk fibroin fibrous architecture by a high‐yield electrospinning method for fast wound healing possibilities by Zhu, J, Wang, H, Wu, C, Zhang, K, Ye, H

“…In this study, a novel array electrospinning collector was devised to generate two distinct regenerated silk fibroin (SF) fibrous membranes: ordered and disordered. Leveraging electrostatic forces during the electrospinning process allowed precise control over the orientation of SF fiber, resulting in the creation of membranes comprising both aligned and randomly arranged fiber layers. …”

Enhanced electric field and charge polarity modulate the microencapsulation and stability of electrosprayed probiotic cells (Streptococcus thermophilus, ST44) by Panagiota Dima, Peter Reimer Stubbe, Ana C. Mendes, Ioannis S. Chronakis

“…The generated electrostatic forces between the negatively surface-charged probiotic cells and the applied negative polarity on the electrospray nozzle, allowed to control the location of the cells towards the core of the electrosprayed microcapsules. …”
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