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SUBMITTER: Ruiz GN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5547059 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ruiz Guadalupe N GN Romanini Michela M Hauptmann Astrid A Loerting Thomas T Shalaev Evgenyi E Tamarit Josep Ll JL Pardo Luis C LC Macovez Roberto R
Scientific reports 20170807 1
Water is the most important plasticizer of biological and organic hydrophilic materials, which generally exhibit enhanced mechanical softness and molecular mobility upon hydration. The enhancement of the molecular dynamics upon mixing with water, which in glass-forming systems implies a lower glass transition temperature (T <sub>g</sub> ), is considered a universal result of hydration. In fact, even in the cases where hydration or humidification of an organic glass-forming sample result in stiff ...[more]