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ArticleEuropean biophysics journal : EBJ2017

Osmosis and thermodynamics explained by solute blocking.

Peter Hugo Nelson

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Article in European biophysics journal : EBJ, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Osmotic Processor for Enabling Sensitive and Rapid Biomarker DetectionFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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Peter Hugo NelsonDepartment of Physics, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, USA. pete@circle4.com.

Funding

TRANSPORT THROUGH ION CHANNELS IN BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANESF32GM020584 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI NELSON, PETER H · 2000 to 2002
$80k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM020584
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A solute-blocking model is presented that provides a kinetic explanation of osmosis and ideal solution thermodynamics. It validates a diffusive model of osmosis that is distinct from the traditional convective flow model of osmosis. Osmotic equilibrium occurs when the fraction of water molecules in solution matches the fraction of pure water molecules that have enough energy to overcome the pressure difference. Solute-blocking also provides a kinetic explanation for why Raoult's law and the other colligative properties depend on the mole fraction (but not the size) of the solute particles, resulting in a novel kinetic explanation for the entropy of mixing and chemical potential of ideal solutions. Some of its novel predictions have been confirmed; others can be tested experimentally or by simulation.

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Models, BiologicalOsmosisDiffusionKineticsThermodynamicsWaterWaterAquaporinColligative propertiesControversyKineticsOsmosisThermodynamics

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PMID27225298
PMCPMC5123978

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