Shimizu, Seishi orcid.org/0000-0002-7853-1683 and Matubayasi, Nobuyuki (2018) Statistical thermodynamic foundation for mesoscale aggregation in ternary mixtures. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. pp. 13777-13784. ISSN 1463-9084
Abstract
Ternary solvent mixtures with two mutually miscible and one immiscible solvent pairings often exhibit persistent scattering profiles corresponding to mesoscale structure formation. Despite the morphological information on such mesostructures via extensive scattering measurements and simulation, the origin of these mesostructures, why they persist over a wide composition range, and why they appear around the plait point have remained a mystery. Here we answer all these questions through constructing a fundamental molecular thermodynamic theory, synthetizing thermodynamic stability, scattering and the fluctuation solution theory. The plait point condition, when interpreted via differential geometry, is shown to be the origin of the large structure factor persistent over a wide composition range.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2018 14:40 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2025 00:17 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP01207E |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1039/C8CP01207E |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129733 |