The Submicron Structures Laboratory at MIT develops techniques for fabricating surface structures with feature sizes in the range from nanometers to micrometers and uses these structures in a variety… (More)
Measurements of the static dielectric constant (epsilon) of ionic liquids (ILs) are very difficult because of the decay of field by the ionic conductivity of ILs. Herein, we describe an easy method… (More)
Using partial least square regression, calibration for non-destructive estimation of erucic acid and glucosinolate contents in seeds of rapeseed-mustard by Fourier transform near infrared reflectance… (More)
The effects of salt concentration and temperature on the thermodynamics of DNA minor groove binding have quite different signatures: binding enthalpy is salt concentration independent but temperature… (More)
Over the past three decades, anomalous temporal changes in radon concentrations have been reported in relation to earthquake occurrences. However, radon anomalies in all cases are not only controlled… (More)
Structural changes of a globular protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA), as a consequence of interaction with the surface active ionic liquids (ILs)-3-methyl-1-octylimidazolium chloride, [C(8)mim][Cl],… (More)
3-Methyl-1-octylimidazolium dodecylsulfate, [C8mim][C12OSO3], a vesicle forming biamphiphilic ionic liquid (BAIL) (J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 14363-14374), has been found to induce significant… (More)
Self-aggregation of amino acid ionic liquid surfactants (AAILSs) in aqueous solution has been investigated through surface tension, conductivity, steady-state fluorescence, dynamic light scattering… (More)