Publications by authors named "Catherine F Smith"
The metal hydration state within a designed coiled coil can be progressively tuned across the full integer range (3 → 0 aqua ligands), by careful choice of a second sphere terminal residue, including the lesser used Trp. Potential implications include a four-fold change in MRI relaxivity when applied to lanthanide coiled coils.
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- The study uses various analytical techniques (CV-SANS, SAXS, NMR, ITC) to investigate how an alkyl-C derivative (molecule 1) aggregates in different solvents at various concentrations and temperatures.
- It finds that aggregation occurs mainly in n-alkane solvents, forming micelle-like structures, with the most significant aggregation observed in n-hexane where micelles consist of about 6 molecules at 0.1 M.
- Temperature and concentration changes affect the size and structure of these aggregates, with increased aggregation at lower temperatures and higher concentrations, providing insights into the behavior of similar hydrophobic molecules in solution.