Physical properties of interfacial and structured water

描述（由申请方提供）：从紧邻各种凝胶和生物表面的区域排除溶质（Zheng和Pollack，2003）。溶质排除区比传统理论预期的要大得多：名义上大约为100 mu/m或更大。初步的核磁共振数据支持这样的解释，即这一区域是由表面形成的移动的水分子层形成的，并排除了冰中的溶质。因此，所得到的“结构化水”区不含溶质。本提案的目的是确定该无溶质区是否与各种替代保健制度中采用的“结构化水”有关。因此，将探讨磁场的影响。将进行研究，以确定水是否受到磁场的影响，排除溶质一样，凝胶为基础的禁区;禁区本身是否受到影响，这种领域的应用。核磁共振研究将为这些水分子是否受到运动限制提供补充测试。将如上所述测试各种市售的“结构化水”产品，以确定这种水的物理性质是否确实不同于普通水。最后，将测试在演替过程中常规进行的剧烈摇动的效果。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有意义的。这些都是试点研究，旨在获得初步的数据，可能是有用的后续，更详细的调查分子基础上的顺势疗法程序。

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.