Physical properties of interfacial and structured water

描述（由申请人提供）：溶质被排除在紧邻各种凝胶和生物表面的区域之外（Zheng和Pollack， 2003）。溶质隔离带比传统理论预测的要大得多：名义上约为100亩/平方米或更多。初步的核磁共振数据支持这样的解释，即这个区域是由表面形成的不太活跃的水分子层形成的，不包括像冰那样的溶质。因此，由此产生的“构造水”带是无溶质的。本提案的目的是确定无溶质区是否与各种替代保健制度中使用的“结构性水”有关。因此，将探讨磁场的影响。将进行研究，以确定受磁场影响的水是否会像凝胶基隔离区那样排除溶质；以及这些场的应用是否会影响隔离区本身。核磁共振研究将提供补充测试，以确定这些水分子是否受到情感限制。各种市售的“结构化水”产品将如上所述进行测试，以确定这种水的物理性质是否确实与普通水不同。最后，将测试在继承过程中例行进行的猛烈摇动的效果。确定这种水的结构是否比普通对照水的结构更多或更少，将是很有意义的。这些初步研究旨在获得初步数据，这些数据可能对随后顺势疗法程序的分子基础进行更详细的调查有用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Solutes are excluded from the region immediately adjacent to various gel and biological surfaces (Zheng and Pollack, 2003). The solute-exclusion zone is considerably larger than anticipated by conventional theories: nominally on the order of 100 mu/m or more. Preliminary NMR data support the interpretation that this zone is created by layers of less mobile water molecules building from the surface, and excluding solutes as in the case of ice. The resulting "structured water" zone is therefore solute free. The aim of this proposal is determine whether this solute-free zone bears relation to "structured water" employed in various alternative health-care regimes. Thus, the effects of magnetic fields will be explored. Studies will be carried out to determine whether water subjected to magnetic fields excludes solutes as does the gel-based exclusion zone; and, whether the exclusion zone itself is impacted by the application of such fields. NMR studies will provide complementary tests of whether such water molecules are motionally restricted. Various commercially available "structured water" products will be tested as above to determine whether indeed such water's physical properties are different from ordinary water. Finally, the effect of vigorous shaking, as routinely carried out during succession, will be tested. It will be of interest to determine whether such water is any more or less structured than ordinary control water. These are pilot studies designed to obtain preliminary data that may be useful for subsequent, more detailed investigations on the molecular basis of homeopathic procedures.