A comprehensive model has been developed for calculating the viscosity of aqueous or mixed-solvent electrolyte systems ranging from dilute solutions to fused salts. The model incorporates a mixing rule for calculating the viscosity of solvent mixtures and a method for predicting the effect of finite electrolyte concentrations. The mixing rule represents the viscosity of multicomponent solvent m...

The influence of co-solvents on the swelling behavior of tunable thermosensitive core-shell nanoparticle gels was investigated. The poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) core and poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) shell network in 1-propanol reacted differently upon the addition of three co-solvents (cyclohexane (CHX), 1,3-propanediol (PDO), and water), resulting in highly controllable swelli...

We report the formation of solvent-mediated gels as well as their hierarchical structures and rheological properties. The gelator used is a hybrid with a molecular structure of cholesterol-polyoxometalate-cholesterol, in which the cholesterol dissolves well in toluene and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), whereas the polyoxometalate cluster dissolves only in DMF. These solubility differences enable ...

We successfully synthesized two different structures, silica nanospheres and porous polymer membranes, via nanophase separation, based on a sol-gel process. Silica sol, which was in situ polymerized from tetraorthosilicate, was used as a precursor. Subsequently, it was mixed with a polymer that was used as a matrix component. It was observed that nanophase separation occurred after the mixing o...

High pressure vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) of CO2-expanded organic solvents is investigated using Peng-Robinson-LCVM-UNIFAC equation of state. Bubble pressure of ten ternary mixtures is predicted using this mixing rule and correlations are developed based only on binary experimental data. Due to the lack of experimental data for liquid phase density in the literature, it was necessary to perf...

C60 fullerene is not soluble in water and dispersion usually requires organic solvents, sonication or vigorous mechanical mixing. However, we show here that mixing of pristine C60 in water with natural surfactant proteins latherin and ranaspumin-2 (Rsn-2) at low concentrations yields stable aqueous dispersions with spectroscopic properties similar to those previously obtained by more vigorous m...

We have developed a continuous multi-stage high-temperature and high-pressure microfluidic system. High-pressure conditions enabled the use low molecular weight solvents that have previously not been available for quantum dot (QD) synthesis such as hexane or octane. The use of supercritical phase provided excellent mixing, which was critical in producing high quality QDs. In addition, the micro...

The solubility of water in liquid n-perfluorohexane and an equimolar mixture n-hexane + is experimentally determined as a function temperature. the significantly higher than average solubilities pure solvents suggesting, for first time, that mixing hydrogenated perfluorinated chains enhances water. also theoretically with SAFT-γ Mie group-contribution approach, allowing direct quantitative esti...

In the present study, the solvent-solvent extraction of phenazine 1-carboxylic acid (PCA) as an environmentally friendly antifouling agent from pseudomonas aeruginosa MUT3 culture was investigated. Accordingly, after screening the extraction ability of various solvents, the combined effects of operating parameters such as solvent type (ethyl acetate, dichloromethane, and n...