摘要
Thereisincreasingobservationalevidenceindicatingthatcrystallineinterfacialwaterlayersplayacentralroleinevolutionandbiology.Forinstanceincellularrecognitionprocesses,inparticularduringfirstcontactevents,wherecellsdecideuponsurvivalorenteringapoptosis.Understandingwaterlayersisthuscrucialinbiomedicalengineering,specificallyinthedesignofbiomaterialsinspiredbybiomimeticprinciples.Whereasthereisampleexperimentalevidenceforcrystallineinterfacialwaterlayersonsurfacesinair,theirsubaquaticpresencecouldnotbeverifieddirectly,sofar.Analysingapolaritydependentasym-metryinthesurfaceconductivityonhydrogenatednanocrystallinediamond,weshowthatcrystallineinterfacialwaterlayerspersistsubaquatically.Nanoscopicinterfacialwaterlayerswithanorderdifferentfromthatofbulkwaterhavebeenidentifiedatroomtemperatureonbothhydrophilicandhydrophobicmodelsurfaces-inairandsubaquatically.Theirgeneralizationandsystematicinclusionintothecatalogueofphysicalandchemicaldeterminantsofbiocompatibilitycompletethebiomimetictriangle.
出版日期
2008年02月12日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
