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ONE of the most important problems in the physical chemistry of biological systems involves the question of water structure in the vicinity of a charged surface, such as a polyelectrolyte membrane. In a recent review of water structure in biological systems, Dröst-Hansen1 has contended that a wide variety of data2–4 point to the existence of transitions in water structure at 15° C, 32° C and 45° C, if the water is in contact with a structuring interface. We present further evidence to support the existence of a transition in the vicinity of 32°–40° C.
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TANNY, G. Hyperfiltration Streaming Potential as a Probe of Water Structure in Membranes. Nature 242, 474–475 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242474a0
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