Formulations based on proteins and surfactants are in demand in pharmaceutics, cosmetics
and several biotechnological applications. One of the key problems in this area is the driving …

Phytotoxins produced by marine microalgae, such as paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), can
accumulate in bivalve molluscs, representing a human health concern due to the life …

Complexation ability of homologous series of amphiphiles bearing imidazolium and
urethane moieties (IAC-n, n= 14, 16, 18) toward bovine serum albumin (BSA) has been …

Protein–surfactant interaction is a dynamic interplay of electrostatic and hydrophobic forces
that ensues from the folding of a protein. We employ impedance spectroscopy (IS), a label …

Electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) appears a promising label-free methodology for the
investigation of processes related to the aggregation of macromolecules in solution. Here …

Coumarin 6 (C6) briskly aggregates in water, and as a result, rapidly loses fluorescence.
However, vicinal hydrophobic cavity can induce disintegration of the aggregates, and thus …

Foam fractionation is a cost-effective method to separate laccase from its fermentation broth.
However, the enzyme readily suffered a substantial activity loss in the separation process …

In vitro test environments are necessary for basic functional testing of cochlear implants;
however there is a substantial gap between in vitro results and clinical performance. It was …