We investigated the phase transformation of hot dense fluid hydrogen using static high-pressure laser-heating experiments in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell. The results show anomalies in the heating efficiency that are likely to be attributed to the phase transition from a diatomic to monoatomic fluid hydrogen (plasma phase transition) in the pressure range between 82 and 106 GPa. This study...

Recent advances in direct and indirect methods of molecular simulation for studying fluid phase equilibria are reviewed. The emphasis is on phase equilibria for fluids of nonspherical molecules, including ionic fluids, aqueous mixtures, hydrocarbons and chain molecules.

2014 A « critical » degree of polydispersity is postulated beyond which liquid and crystalline states merge. For a system with a triangular particle-size distribution, the disappearance of the melting transition is estimated to occur at levels of just less than 30 % polydispersity. J. Physique Lett. 46 (1985) L-229 L-232 ~ 15 MARS 1985, : -1 Classification Physics Abstracts 64. 70D 82.70 Freezi...

Spectrophotometric quantification of fluid phase endocytosis in the presence of different pharmacological compounds was performed in the model unicellular eukaryote Paramecium. The kinetics of Lucifer Yellow Carbohydrazide (LY) uptake in cells exposed to forskolin and isoproterenol--known to stimulate phagocytosis in this cell--was analyzed. Reduction in both the rate of endocytosis and total a...

The fluid-phase behavior of binary mixtures of cholesterol with phosphatidylcholines is investigated using magnetic resonance methods. Phospholipid biradicals provide the electron spin resonance spectroscopic resolution of two immiscible fluid phases in the dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine-cholesterol system. Isotropic chemical shifts of the phospholipid carbonyl carbons in binary mixtures with c...

We report the results of in situ AFM measurements examining the phase transition of bilayers formed from the zwitterionic phospholipid, DMPC, 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, supported on mica. The images show that the fluid to gel phase transition process features substantial tearing of the bilayer due to the density change between the two phases. The gel to fluid transition is str...

This paper presents the effect of high viscosity oil and two-phase foamy-oil flow on the performance of a single stage centrifugal pump. As a part of this, the applicability of a pipe viscometer to determine the foamy oil viscosity is investigated. Unlike previous studies, a sealed fluid tank is used in a closed flow loop to allow conditioning the two-phase mixture to create foamy-oil. Furtherm...

Our aim was to explore the use of intraluminal impedance recording for assessment of interdigestive transpyloric fluid movements. Twenty healthy volunteers were studied with a catheter allowing the recording of five antropyloroduodenal impedance signals simultaneously with six pressure signals. Patterns induced by air were verified by standard ultrasound. Transpyloric Doppler ultrasound was use...