Tribology of SU-8 polymer is increasingly relevant due to bursting use of this material in a variety of applications. This study is directed towards introduction and investigation of a novel self-lubricating composite of an ionic liquid (IL) in SU-8. The new material can be utilized for fabrication of lubricating polymer coating with tunable surface properties or SU8-made elements for microelec...

Ultra high vacuum-spectroelectrochemistry was used to investigate the electrochemically generated Cu species in the ionic liquid (N-methylacetate)-4-picolinium bis(trisfluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, [MAP][Tf(2)N]. The diffusion of Cu(+) across the surface of the ionic liquid was monitored in situ by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). A numerical procedure was developed to simulate the surface...

In this study, a novel acidic magnetic dicationic ionic liquid was prepared in three steps to serve as a green  catalyst  in  organic  synthesis.  The  newly  synthesized  catalyst  was  characterized UV- VIS,  and  VSM  analysis.  Additionally,  the  decomposition  steps  acatalyst  were investigated by thermal  analysis  techniques  (TGA/DSC).  The  synthesized  acidic magnetic dication...

By using polarizable molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of lanthanoid(III) and actinoid(III) ions in water, we obtained ionic diffusion coefficients and hydration enthalpies for both series. These values are in good agreement with experiments. Simulations thus allow us to relate them to microscopic structure. In particular, across the series the diffusion coefficients decrease, reflecting the ...

The Li+ ion diffusion coefficient of lithium iron phosphate LiFePO4 cathode materials should not be measured by the standard method because there is no composition variation but the movement of the LiFePO4/FePO4 interface during Li insertion/ extraction. A method to measure the intrinsic electronic and ionic conductivity of mixed conductive LiFePO4 was reported, for the first time, based on the...

A thermodynamic modeling for the vapor–liquid equilibrium of binary systems of supercritical fluids and ionic liquids is presented. The van der Waals mixing rules and a cubic equation of state are used to evaluate the fugacity coefficient on the systems. Then, a particle swarm algorithm was used to minimize the difference between calculated and experimental bubble pressure, and calculate the in...

We study the Soret effect of charged polystyrene particles as a function of temperature and electrolyte composition. As a main result we find that the Soret coefficient is determined by charge effects, and that non-ionic contributions are small. In view of the well-known electric-double layer interactions, our thermal field-flow fractionation data lead us to the conclusion that the Soret effect...

We examine the applicability of the extended law of corresponding states (ELCS) to equilibrium and non equilibrium features of the state diagram of the globular protein lysozyme. We provide compelling evidence that the ELCS correctly reproduces the location of the binodal for different ionic strengths, but fails in describing the location of the arrest line. We subsequently use Mode Coupling Th...

The application of the phenol-duponol method to extraction of nucleic acids from HeLa cells is described. Chromatography of the phenol extract on an esterified bovine serum albumin column with a salt gradient of sodium chloride gives separation of soluble RNA, DNA, and two different high molecular RNA fractions. Ultracentrifugation of the DNA eluted from the column gives a sedimentation coeffic...

At least two conformations of M13 single-stranded DNA have been demonstrated by measuring differences in sedimentation coefficient and by direct visualization in the electron microscope. Which form is obtained from infected cells and/or intact phage depends on the pH, ionic strength, and temperature. The slower-sedimenting form can be converted to the faster-sedimenting, single-stranded form by...