The efficient anti-Prelog asymmetric reduction of 2-octanone with Acetobacter pasteurianus GIM1.158 cells was successfully performed in a biphasic system consisting of deep eutectic solvent (DES) and water-immiscible ionic liquid (IL). Various DESs exerted different effects on the synthesis of (R)-2-octanol. Choline chloride/ethylene glycol (ChCl/EG) exhibited good biocompatibility and could mo...

Fabrication of nanocomposites from immiscible polymer blend system has been represented in this work. A new type of natural clay named Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTs) are modified by Polyethyleneimine (PEI) and these PEI grafted HNTs are incorporated into the immiscible blend system during melt mixing process to prepare halloysite based nanocomposites. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)...

Block copolymers remain one of the most extensively studied and utilized classes of macromolecules due to their extraordinary abilities to (i) self-assemble spontaneously into a wide variety of soft nanostructures and (ii) reduce the interfacial tension between, and thus compatibilize, immiscible polymer pairs. In bilayered thin-film laminates of immiscible homopolymers, block copolymers are si...

We determine the asymptotic behavior of the system of Cahn-Hillard/Euler's equations that control the dynamics inside the thin boundary layer separating two inviscid, incompressible, and nearly immiscible fluids. This model was proposed recently in order to replace the classical moving boundary model of two immiscible fluids, separated by the interface with the surface tension. We formally veri...

Departing from the classical Buckley-Leverett theory for two-phase immiscible flows in porous media, a reduced evolution equation for the water-oil displacement front is formulated and studied numerically. The reduced model successfully reproduces the basic features of the finger-forming dynamics observed in recent direct numerical simulations. PACS numbers: 47.20.Gv, 47.20.Ky, 47.20.Ma

Immiscible blends of ethylene?propylene?diene?monomer (EPDM) and polyoxymethylene (POM), when EPDM is the major phase were compatibilized on addition an ionomer, poly(ethylene?co?methacrylic acid). The inclusion ionomer reduced interfacial tension between two phases, such that diameter POM domains significantly to 0.5 2 ?m, typical required toughen ductile polymers. mechanical properties result...

The paper is concerned with experimental investigations and numerical simulations of immiscible flows in microchannels in the presence of interfacial surface tension. The aim of the present study is to model the unsteady dynamics of the vortical structures and interface shape in the Y-branching geometries with square cross-sections. The tested fluids are Newtonian and weakly elastic polyacrylam...

This paper characterizes the conditions required to form nanoliter-sized droplets (plugs) of viscous aqueous reagents in flows of immiscible carrier fluid within microfluidic channels. For both non-viscous (viscosity of 2.0 mPa s) and viscous (viscosity of 18 mPa s) aqueous solutions, plugs formed reliably in a flow of water-immiscible carrier fluid for Capillary number less than 0.01, although...

■ ■ Ostro accommodates a range of sample volumes (50-350 μL) vs. the requirement for a fixed volume using SSLE IN T RO DU C T IO N The Ostro Pass-through 96-well plate provides a novel solution for simple pass through cleanup of plasma, serum, and whole blood samples that removes protein and phospholipids with little-to-no method development. It can be quickly implemented into routine lab workf...