Hydration kinetics, sorption isotherm, and proton free induction decays are measured for Leptogium puberulum Hue thalli hydrated from gaseous phase. Very tightly, tightly and loosely bound water fraction are distinguished. The hydration dependence of mobile NMR signal component is non-linear and fitted well by rational function, which suggest the presence of water soluble solid (presumably carbohydrate) fraction in thallus structures of L. puberulum.
Hydration kinetics, sorption isotherm, and proton free induction decays are measured for Ramalina terebrata thalli rehydrated from gaseous phase. Very tightly, tightly, and loosely bound water fractions are distinguished. Sorption isotherm is sigmoidal in form with the mass of water saturating primary water binding sites equal to Δ m/m_0 = 0.046. Proton free induction decays show the presence of immobilized water fraction (T_{2 L_1}* ≈ 100 μs) and mobile water pool (T_{2 L_2}* ≈ 330 μs). Sorption isotherm fitted to the NMR data shows the absence of water fraction "sealed" in pores of dry thallus.
The initial stages of rehydration of digalactosyldiacylglycerol model membrane lyophilizates were observed using hydration kinetics, sorption isotherm, and high power proton relaxometry (at 30 MHz). Hydration time courses are single exponential and the sorption isotherm is sigmoidal in form. The mass of water saturating primary binding sites equals Δ M/m_0= 0.019±0.001. Proton free induction decays distinguish (i) immobilized protons of solid matrix of lyophilizate, signal S_0; (ii) protons of water fraction tightly bound to the lyophilizate surface, L_1; and (iii) mobile protons of loosely bound water pool, L_2. Hydration dependence of total water signal (L_1+L_2)/S_0 shows the presence of water fraction "sealed" in liposome structures, which equals Δ M_{S}/m_0 = 0.092±0.007.