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Terms modified by Streaming Potential Selected AbstractsDrug adsorption in human skin: A streaming potential studyJOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, Issue 12 2003Johanna Raiman Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the drug adsorption process in human skin using in vitro streaming potential measurements. Streaming potential is an electrokinetic phenomenon, which reflects both the charge density and the pore size of a membrane. Thus, the adsorption of charged solutes on the pore walls can be detected as a change of streaming potential, viz., as a change in the slope ,E/,P. In these streaming potential measurements, hydrophilic nadolol and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, and lipophilic propranolol and Nafarelin were used as model drugs. As could be expected, the hydrophilic drugs did not change the slope. The more lipophilic propranolol and Nafarelin, instead, changed the slope. Propranolol changed the slope gradually from negative to positive when the concentration was increased from 1 to 10 mM. With Nafarelin, a straight line with a slope of about 0 was obtained at pH 7.3 and an ascending curve at pH 4.2. These results indicate that the negative charges on the pore walls of human skin are blocked by adsorption of the lipophilic cations. The adsorption of lipophilic cations in the skin alters the permselectivity of the skin, which, in turn, may lead to the inhibition of electroosmotic flow across the skin during iontophoresis and to the shut down of transdermal drug permeation of higher molecular weight drugs. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association J Pharm Sci 92:2366,2372, 2003 [source] Effect of molecular structure of hybrid precursors on the performances of novel hybrid zwitterionic membranesJOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 6 2007Junsheng Liu Abstract Three types of novel hybrid zwitterionic membranes were prepared via a coupling reaction between two silane-coupling agents in a nonaqueous system and a subsequent reaction with 1,4-butyrolactone to create ion pairs in the hybrid precursors. FT-IR spectra corroborated the corresponding reactions. The synthesized membranes were characterized by thermal analyses, ion-exchange capacities, streaming potentials, and pure water flux. Thermal analyses exhibited that the degradation temperature of the hybrid precursors decreased with an increase in zwitterionic extent because of the introduction of ion pairs. Ion-exchange capacity measurements revealed that the anion-exchange capacities and cation-exchange capacities were in the range of 0.023,0.05 and 0.32,0.58 mmol g,1, respectively. Streaming potentials displayed that when the membranes coated for one or three times, the isoelectric points were in the pH range of 6.6,7.58 and 6.58,7.7, respectively. The pure water flux showed that it could be affected by the coating times and the ingredients of these zwitterionic membranes. This difference in membrane's characteristics can be ascribed to the effect of molecular structure of the hybrid precursors. Both the Coulombic interactions of ion pairs between the polymer chains and the hydrophilicity of these membranes were proposed to clarify the above phenomena. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2007 [source] Analysis of effect of electrolyte types on electrokinetic energy conversion in nanoscale capillariesELECTROPHORESIS, Issue 3 2010Reiyu Chein Abstract An analytical study on the effect of electrolyte types on the electrokinetic energy conversion is presented using nanoscale cylindrical capillary, which is either positively or negatively charged. The sign of surface charge determines the role and concentration magnitude of ions in the capillary and the energy conversion performance. Our study shows that the electrokinetic energy conversion performance (maximum efficiency, pressure rise and streaming potential) are approximately identical for 1:1 (KCl), 2:1 (CaCl2) and 3:1 (LaCl3) electrolytes when capillary is positively charged. For negatively charged capillary, energy conversion performance degrades significantly with the increase of counter-ion valence. For both positively and negatively charged capillaries, higher maximum efficiency can be resulted in low bulk concentration and surface charge density regimes. However, high maximum pressure rise generation for the pumping is found in the low bulk concentration and high surface charge density regimes. For the electric power generation, higher maximum streaming potential is found when both bulk concentration and surface charge density are low. [source] Conditioning polymers in today's shampoo formulations , efficacy, mechanism and test methodsINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COSMETIC SCIENCE, Issue 1 2000Hössel Synopsis Today's shampoo formulations are beyond the stage of pure cleansing of the hair. Additional benefits are expected, e.g. conditioning, smoothing of the hair surface, improvement of combability and lather creaminess. Cationic polymers play an important role in providing many of those features. Therefore, within the last few years their use in shampoos has increased greatly. In the only last two decades, shampoo designation has gradually changed from ,2-in-1' to ,3-in-1' and then to ,multifunctional', as at present. The consumer demands products which live up to their promises. Modern shampoos contain a wide variety of ingredients such as co-surfactants, vitamins and pro-vitamins, protein derivatives, silicones, natural-based plant extracts and other ,active ingredients', but there is still a need for conditioning polymers. The specific objective of this study is to assess the conditioning efficacy of cationic polymers and to investigate their mechanisms in a shampoo system. The investigations were carried out on formulations that contained sodium lauryl ether sulphate and different cationic polymers, e.g. Polyquaternium 7, 10, 11, cationic guar gum and Luviquat Care (Polyquaternium 44), a new branched copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone (VP) and quaternized vinylimidazolium salts (QVI). We used test methods relevant to the applications in question, such as combing force measurements, the feel of the hair and the creaminess of the lather, to assess the efficacy. Atomic force microscopy and electrokinetics (streaming potential) were used to detect polymer residues on treated hair. All the polymers under investigation improved the overall performance of the shampoo formulations. This was demonstrated by means of combing force measurements, sensorial tests and analytical methods, namely zeta potential measurement and atomic force microscopy. Polyquaternium 44 exhibited the best conditioning properties on wet hair without sacrificing removability or absence of build-up. The latter are the most striking weaknesses of cationic Guar Gum-based polymers. Polyquaternium 10 can also be removed from the hair after rinsing with anionic surfactant but it does not perform as well as Polyquaternium 44 in the fields of wet combability and sensorial criteria such as lather creaminess and feel of the hair. We postulate that the outstanding properties of Polyquaternium 44 as a conditioning agent for shampoos are due to its tailor-made ,branched' structure. There is a clear correlation between the molecular weight and the efficacy of the new copolymers of VP and QVI. Only cationic polymers with a very high molecular weight are effective as conditioners in shampoos based on anionic surfactants. Surprisingly, they do not have to have a high cationic charge. On the basis of all our results, our postulation is that the polymer residue which is responsible for conditioning does not form a flat layer on the hair. Rather, the polymer residue adsorbs with the few cationic moieties, while the uncharged part of the polymer forms loops, which are orientated away from the hair and which are responsible for the reduced friction between hairs. Résumé Les formulations actuelles de shampoing font plus qu'un simple nettoyage des cheveux. On en attend un intérêt supplémentaire, par exemple après-shampoing, lissage de la surface du cheveu, amélioration de la coiffabilité et aspect crémeux du savon. Les polymères cationiques jouent un rôle important dans l'apport de nombre de ces caractéristiques. Par conséquent, ces quelques dernières années leur utilisation a considérablement augmenté dans les shampoings. Dans les seules deux dernières décades, l'appellation du shampoing est progressivement passée de "2 en 1"à"3 en 1" puis ensuite à"multifonctionnel", comme actuellement. Le consommateur recherche des produits qui tiennent leurs promesses. Les shampoings modernes contiennent une grande diversité d'ingrédients tels que des co-tensioactifs, des vitamines et des provitamines, des dérivés de protéines, des silicones, des extraits à base de plantes naturelles et autres "ingrédients actifs", mais il existe toujours un besoin pour des polymères d'après shampoing. L'objectif spécifique de cette étude est d'évaluer l'efficacité comme après-shampoing de polymères cationiques et de rechercher leurs mécanismes dans le système de shampoing. Les recherches ont été menées sur des formulations qui contiennent du sulfate de lauryl éther sodium et différents polymères cationiques, par exemple du Polyquaternium 7, 10, 11, de la gomme de guar cationique et du Luviquat Care (Polyquaternium 44), un nouveau copolymère ramifié de vinylpyrrolidone (VP) et de sels quaternaires de vinylimidazolium (QVI). Nous avons utilisé les procédés de contrôle appropriées aux applications en question, tels que les mesures de force de coiffage, le toucher du cheveu et l'aspect crémeux du savon, pour évaluer l'efficacité. La microscopie atomique et l'électrocinétique (potentiel d'écoulement) ont été utilisées pour détecter les résidus de polymère sur le cheveu traité. Tous les polymères étudiés améliorent le comportement global des formulations de shampoing. Ceci est démontré au moyen des mesures de force de coiffage, des tests sensoriels et des méthodes analytiques, en l'occurrence la mesure du potentiel zêta et la microscopie atomique. Le Polyquaternium 44 présente les meilleures propriétés d'après-shampoing sur cheveu mouillé sans diminuer sa capacité d'élimination ou l'absence d'accumulation. Ces dernières sont les faiblesses les plus frappantes des polymères à base de gomme de guar cationique. Le Polyquaternium 10 peut aussi être éliminé du cheveu après rinçage avec un tensioactif anionique mais il ne se comporte pas aussi bien que le Polyquaternium 44 dans les domaines de la coiffabilitéà l'état mouillé et des critères sensoriels tels que l'aspect crémeux du savon et du toucher du cheveu. Nous supposons que les propriétés exceptionnelles du Polyquaternium 44 comme agent après-shampoing pour shampoings sont dues à sa structure "ramifiée" conçue sur mesure. Il existe une corrélation claire entre le poids moléculaire et l'efficacité des nouveaux copolymères de VP et QVI. Seuls les polymères cationiques avec un poids moléculaire très élevé sont efficaces comme après shampoings dans des shampoings à base de tensioactifs anioniques. Etonnamment, ils n'ont pas besoin d'avoir une charge cationique élevée. Sur la base de tous nos résultats, notre hypothèse est que le fragment de polymère qui est responsable du traitement ne forme pas une couche plate sur le cheveu. Le fragment de polymère adsorbe plutôt les quelques fragments cationiques, tandis que la partie non chargée du polymère forme des boucles, qui sont orientées à l'extérieur du cheveu et qui sont responsables de la friction réduite entre les cheveux. [source] Drug adsorption in human skin: A streaming potential studyJOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, Issue 12 2003Johanna Raiman Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the drug adsorption process in human skin using in vitro streaming potential measurements. Streaming potential is an electrokinetic phenomenon, which reflects both the charge density and the pore size of a membrane. Thus, the adsorption of charged solutes on the pore walls can be detected as a change of streaming potential, viz., as a change in the slope ,E/,P. In these streaming potential measurements, hydrophilic nadolol and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, and lipophilic propranolol and Nafarelin were used as model drugs. As could be expected, the hydrophilic drugs did not change the slope. The more lipophilic propranolol and Nafarelin, instead, changed the slope. Propranolol changed the slope gradually from negative to positive when the concentration was increased from 1 to 10 mM. With Nafarelin, a straight line with a slope of about 0 was obtained at pH 7.3 and an ascending curve at pH 4.2. These results indicate that the negative charges on the pore walls of human skin are blocked by adsorption of the lipophilic cations. The adsorption of lipophilic cations in the skin alters the permselectivity of the skin, which, in turn, may lead to the inhibition of electroosmotic flow across the skin during iontophoresis and to the shut down of transdermal drug permeation of higher molecular weight drugs. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association J Pharm Sci 92:2366,2372, 2003 [source] Potential mapping technique for the detection of corrosion in reinforced concrete structures: Investigation of parameters influencing the measurement and determination of the reliability of the methodMATERIALS AND CORROSION/WERKSTOFFE UND KORROSION, Issue 2 2009Y. Schiegg Abstract The potential distribution around a corrosion site in concrete was modeled by means of a simple mathematical model for a rod-shaped anode. Based on these calculations the influencing parameters and the limits of the potential mapping technique were determined. They demonstrate that the location of anodes depends on the anode length, the concrete coverage, and the measuring grid. Moreover small anodes with less than 1 cm length are virtually impossible to localize. Investigations on concrete elements without reinforcing steel showed that heterogeneous water content and chloride distribution can result in potential differences of up to 150 mV on the concrete surface. This effect was related to the streaming potential and the diffusion overpotential in the concrete. In order to determine the reliability of the potential mapping technique in the field application, the concrete on a tunnel wall was removed after the measurement of the potential distribution and the corrosion loss of the steel was determined. It was found that all corrosion sites with more than 2 mm material loss were detected by the potential mapping technique. Only some smaller corrosion sites were not found. Based on this investigation, the applicability of the potential mapping technique for detecting corrosion sites was confirmed. The observed high reliability of the potential mapping technique can be explained by a combination of the heterogeneous wetting of the concrete, the inhomogeneous contamination with chloride, and the macrocell formation. [source] Electromechanical reshaping of septal cartilage,,THE LARYNGOSCOPE, Issue 11 2003Ki-Hong Kevin Ho BS Abstract Objectives: This study describes the process of tissue electroforming and how shape changes in cartilage can be produced by the application of direct current (DC). The dependence of shape change on voltage and application time is explored. Study Design: Basic investigation using ex vivo porcine septal cartilage grafts and electromechanical cartilage deformation focused on development of a new surgical technique. Methods: Uniform flat porcine nasal septal cartilage specimens were mechanically deformed between two semicircular aluminum electrodes. DC current was applied to establish charge separation and electrical streaming potential. Voltage (0,3.5 V) and application time (0,5 minutes) were varied. Shape change was measured, and shape retention was calculated using analytic representation. The effect of the direction of applied current on shape change was evaluated by switching the polarities of electrodes and using parameters of 0 to 5.5 V and 5 minutes. Temperature during reshaping was monitored with a thermocouple, and surface features were evaluated using light microscopy. Results: Reshaped specimen demonstrated mechanical stability similar to native cartilage tissue. Shape retention strongly correlated with increasing voltage and application time. Only a small current (<0.1 A) through the tissue was measured. Temperature change was less than 2°C during electroforming, suggesting that electroforming likely results from some nonthermal mechanisms. Surface features indicated that electrodeposition may occur depending on electrode material and magnitude of the applied voltage. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that cartilage can be reshaped through the process we have described as "electroforming" by generating intrinsic differences in charge separation with negligible heat production. [source] Investigation of nanoscale electrohydrodynamic transport phenomena in charged porous materialsINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING, Issue 14 2005P. Pivonka Abstract Depending on the permeability of porous materials, different mass transport mechanisms have to be distinguished. Whereas mass transport through porous media characterized by low permeabilities is governed by diffusion, mass transport through highly permeable materials is governed by advection. Additionally a large number of porous materials are characterized by the presence of surface charge which affects the permeability of the porous medium. Depending on the ion transport mechanism various phenomena such as co-ion exclusion, development of diffusion,exclusion potentials, and streaming potentials may be encountered. Whereas these various phenomena are commonly described by means of different transport models, a unified description of these phenomena can be made within the framework of electrohydrodynamics. In this paper the fundamental equations describing nanoscale multi-ion transport are given. These equations comprise the generalized Nernst,Planck equation, Gauss' theorem of electrostatics, and the Navier,Stokes equation. Various phenomena such as the development of exclusion potentials, diffusion,exclusion potentials, and streaming potentials are investigated by means of finite element analyses. Furthermore, the influence of the surface charge on permeability and ion transport are studied in detail for transient and steady-state problems. The nanoscale findings provide insight into events observed at larger scales in charged porous materials. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley Sons, Ltd. [source] Effect of molecular structure of hybrid precursors on the performances of novel hybrid zwitterionic membranesJOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 6 2007Junsheng Liu Abstract Three types of novel hybrid zwitterionic membranes were prepared via a coupling reaction between two silane-coupling agents in a nonaqueous system and a subsequent reaction with 1,4-butyrolactone to create ion pairs in the hybrid precursors. FT-IR spectra corroborated the corresponding reactions. The synthesized membranes were characterized by thermal analyses, ion-exchange capacities, streaming potentials, and pure water flux. Thermal analyses exhibited that the degradation temperature of the hybrid precursors decreased with an increase in zwitterionic extent because of the introduction of ion pairs. Ion-exchange capacity measurements revealed that the anion-exchange capacities and cation-exchange capacities were in the range of 0.023,0.05 and 0.32,0.58 mmol g,1, respectively. Streaming potentials displayed that when the membranes coated for one or three times, the isoelectric points were in the pH range of 6.6,7.58 and 6.58,7.7, respectively. The pure water flux showed that it could be affected by the coating times and the ingredients of these zwitterionic membranes. This difference in membrane's characteristics can be ascribed to the effect of molecular structure of the hybrid precursors. Both the Coulombic interactions of ion pairs between the polymer chains and the hydrophilicity of these membranes were proposed to clarify the above phenomena. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2007 [source] Pulsed Signal Therapy® for the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions: a millennium paradigmINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES, Issue 3 2004Richard MARKOLL Abstract Reports and reviews from various sources, including the World Health Organization and United Nations Population Division, confirm the general increasing trend in the ageing population groups worldwide. There are over 150 types of musculoskeletal conditions, with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, low back pain and limb trauma, accounting for the greatest impact on the population at large. Osteoarthritis (OA) is predicted to become the fourth leading cause of disability by the year 2020. The most common medication prescribed for OA is non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These have long been associated with numerous adverse effects, are costly and short-term in their ,therapeutic' effect. Pulsed Signal Therapy® (PSTÔ) is an innovative treatment modality for musculoskeletal conditions. It has been commercially available since 1992, is currently employed in at least 800 clinics and/or medical institutes, and to-date, no adverse effects have been reported. Furthermore, it is non-invasive, non-pharmacological, painless, with long-term follow-up, and sustained efficacy. When connective tissue is injured and physiological signalling is disturbed or absent, PSTÔ, as the external, biophysical signal (stimulus) of physiological energy parameters and waveform, passively induces ,fluid flow' in the injured area, creating ,streaming potentials', that induce biophysical-biochemical coupling, subsequent signal transduction, to activate repair and regenerative processes. In doing so, it restores the innate, physiological signalling to enable these regenerative and repair processes to continue naturally. [source] | |||||||||||||