Charged micelle depletion attraction and interfacial colloidal phase behavior.

Ensemble total internal reflection microscopy (TIRM) is used to directly measure the evolution of colloid-surface depletion attraction with increasing sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) concentration near the critical micelle concentration (CMC). Measured potentials are well described by a modified Asakura-Oosawa (AO) depletion potential in addition to electrostatic and van der Waals contributions. The modified AO potential includes effects of electrostatic interactions between micelles and surfaces via effective depletant dimensions in an excluded volume term and partitioning in an osmotic pressure term.

Directional locking and the role of irreversible interactions in deterministic hydrodynamics separations in microfluidic devices.

We performed macroscopic experiments on the motion of a sphere through an array of obstacles that highlight the deterministic nature of the lateral displacements that lead to particle separation in microfluidic systems. The motion of the spheres is irreversible and displays directional locking. The locking directions can be predicted with a single parameter that distinguishes between reversible and irreversible particle-obstacle collisions.

Metabolites and DNA adduct formation from flavoenzyme-activated porfiromycin.

Porfiromycin was reductively metabolized by NADPH cytochrome P-450 reductase and xanthine oxidase under anaerobic conditions. The production of metabolites varied with the pH and the contents of the reaction buffer. In Tris buffer, two major metabolites were produced at pH 7.

DNA alkylation by enzyme-activated mitomycin C.

After anaerobic reductive activation by either NADPH cytochrome P-450 reductase (EC 1.6.2.