Physical properties of interfacial and structured water

描述(由申请人提供)：溶质被排除在与各种凝胶和生物表面紧邻的区域之外(郑波拉克，2003)。溶质排斥带比传统理论预计的要大得多：名义上约为100亩/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流动性较小的水分子层形成的，不包括像冰那样的溶质。因此，由此产生的“结构水”区是无溶质的。这项建议的目的是确定这个无溶质区域是否与各种替代医疗保健制度中使用的“结构水”有关。因此，我们将探讨磁场的影响。将进行研究，以确定受磁场影响的水是否像凝胶隔离区那样排除溶质；以及隔离区本身是否受到此类磁场的影响。核磁共振研究将为这些水分子是否在运动上受到限制提供补充测试。各种商用的“结构水”产品将进行如上所述的测试，以确定这种水的物理性质是否确实与普通水不同。最后，将测试连续进行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控制水更多或更少将是有意义的。这些是试验性研究，旨在获得初步数据，这些数据可能有助于后续对顺势疗法程序的分子基础进行更详细的研究。

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.