The title compound, C(13)H(16)N(3)O(+)·PF(6) (-), which has an imide group in the imidazolium cation, is a new ionic liquid above its melting point. Two neighbouring mol-ecules are connected by a weak non-classical C-H⋯O hydrogen bond with the formation of centrosymmetric 14-membered dimers.

The solid-to-liquid phase transition in water nanofilms confined between plates, with varying separations and water-plate interactions ranging from strongly hydrophobic to strongly hydrophilic, was simulated using a coarse-grained monatomic water model (mW) and the generalized replica exchange method (gREM). Extensive gREM simulations combined with the statistical temperature weighted histogram...

Various melting-related phenomena (like surface melting, size dependence of melting temperature, melting of few nm-size particles and overheating at a very fast heating rate) are of great fundamental and applied interest, although the corresponding theory is still lacking. Here we develop an advanced phase-field theory of melting coupled to mechanics, which resolves numerous existing contradict...

The melting behavior of low molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) fractions has been studied via generalized two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) correlation spectroscopy and a new stochastic-pulse-based temperature modulation differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique (TOPEM). 2D-IR correlation analysis of the melting of PEO shows that nu(s)(CH2) and gamma(a)(CH2) vary prior to nu(s)(...

We report a temperature-dependent Raman scattering investigation of DyScO(3) and GdScO(3) single crystals from room temperature up to 1200 °C. With increasing temperature, all modes decrease monotonically in wavenumber without anomaly, which attests to the absence of a structural phase transition. The high temperature spectral signature and extrapolation of band positions to higher temperatures...

A recently suggested melt-dispersion mechanism (MDM) for fast reaction of aluminium (Al) nano- and a few micrometre-scale particles during fast heating is reviewed. Volume expansion of 6% during Al melting produces pressure of several GPa in a core and tensile hoop stresses of 10 GPa in an oxide shell. Such stresses cause dynamic fracture and spallation of the shell. After spallation, an unload...

Introduction Information about the physical properties of materials at high pressures and temperatures is important for advancing our understanding of planetary interiors. Determining the melting curves of materials has attracted much interest in the planetary sciences. For example, the pressure dependencies of the melting curve and viscosity have been linked [1]. Furthermore, the accurate dete...