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Ranieri U, Formisano F, Gorelli FA, Santoro M, Koza MM, De Francesco A, Bove LE. Crossover from gas-like to liquid-like molecular diffusion in a simple supercritical fluid. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4142. [PMID: 38755136 PMCID: PMC11099187 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47961-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
Abstract
According to textbooks, no physical observable can be discerned allowing to distinguish a liquid from a gas beyond the critical point. Yet, several proposals have been put forward challenging this view and various transition boundaries between a gas-like and a liquid-like behaviour, including the so-called Widom and Frenkel lines, and percolation line, have been suggested to delineate the supercritical state space. Here we report observation of a crossover from gas-like (Gaussian) to liquid-like (Lorentzian) self-dynamic structure factor by incoherent quasi-elastic neutron scattering measurements on supercritical fluid methane as a function of pressure, along the 200 K isotherm. The molecular self-diffusion coefficient was derived from the best Gaussian (at low pressures) or Lorentzian (at high pressures) fits to the neutron spectra. The Gaussian-to-Lorentzian crossover is progressive and takes place at about the Widom line intercept (59 bar). At considerably higher pressures, a liquid-like jump diffusion mechanism properly describes the supercritical fluid on both sides of the Frenkel line. The present observation of a gas-like to liquid-like crossover in the self dynamics of a simple supercritical fluid confirms emerging views on the unexpectedly complex physics of the supercritical state, and could have planet-wide implications and possible industrial applications in green chemistry.
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- Umbertoluca Ranieri
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, 00187, Italy
- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK
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- CNR - Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), Grenoble, INSIDE@ILL, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France.
- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France.
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), 1690 Cailun Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.
- Shanghai Advanced Research in Physical Sciences (SHARPS), Pudong, Shanghai, 201203, China.
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR-INO, Via Nello Carrara 1, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), 50019, Italy.
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR-INO, Via Nello Carrara 1, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), 50019, Italy
- European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy, LENS, Via Nello Carrara 1, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), 50019, Italy
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- CNR - Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), Grenoble, INSIDE@ILL, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, 00187, Italy
- Laboratory of Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 7590, 5 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75005, France
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Skarmoutsos I, Samios J, Guardia E. Fingerprints of the Crossing of the Frenkel and Melting Line on the Properties of High-Pressure Supercritical Water. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:7636-7644. [PMID: 35952379 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Using molecular dynamics simulations in combination with the two-phase thermodynamic model, we reveal novel characteristic fingerprints of the crossing of the Frenkel and melting line on the properties of high-pressure water at a near-critical temperature (1.03Tc). The crossing of the Frenkel line at about 1.17 GPa is characterized by a crossover in the rotational and translational entropy ratio Srot/Strans, indicating a change in the coupling between translational and rotational motions which is also reflected in the shape of the rotational density of states. The observed isosbestic points in the translational and rotational density of states are also blue-shifted at density and pressure conditions higher than the ones corresponding to the Frenkel line. The first-order phase transition from a rigid liquid to a face-centered cubic plastic crystal phase at about 8.5 GPa is reflected in the discontinuous changes in the translational and rotational entropy, particularly in the significant increase of the ratio Srot/Strans. A noticeable discontinuous increase of the dielectric constant has also been revealed when crossing this melting line, which is attributed to the different arrangement of the water molecules in the plastic crystal phase. The reorientational dynamics in the plastic crystal phase is faster in comparison with the "rigid" liquid-like phase, but it remains unchanged upon a further pressure increase in the range of 8.5-11 GPa.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord-Edifici B4-B5, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona E-08034, Spain
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Toffano A, Russo J, Rescigno M, Ranieri U, Bove LE, Martelli F. Temperature- and pressure-dependence of the hydrogen bond network in plastic ice VII. J Chem Phys 2022; 157:094502. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0111189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We model, via classical molecular dynamics simulations, the plastic phase of ice VII across a wide range of the phase diagram of interest for planetary investigations. Although structural and dynamical properties of plastic ice VII are mostly independent on the thermodynamic conditions, the hydrogen bond network (HBN) acquires a diverse spectrum of topologies distinctly different from that of liquid water and of ice VII simulated at the same pressure. We observe that the HBN topology of plastic ice carries some degree of similarity with the crystal phase, stronger at thermodynamic conditions proximal to ice VII, and gradually lessening upon approaching the liquid state. Our results enrich our understanding of the properties of water at high pressure and high temperature, and may help in rationalizing the geology of
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- Physics, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
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Madarász Á, Hamza A, Ferenc D, Bakó I. Two Faces of the Two-Phase Thermodynamic Model. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:7187-7194. [PMID: 34648287 PMCID: PMC8582254 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The quantum harmonic
model and the two-phase thermodynamic method
(2PT) are widely used to obtain quantum-corrected properties such
as isobaric heat capacities or molar entropies. 2PT heat capacities
were calculated inconsistently in the literature. For water, the classical
heat capacity was also considered, but for organic liquids, it was
omitted. We reanalyzed the performance of different quantum corrections
on the heat capacities of common organic solvents against experimental
data. We have pointed out serious flaws in previous 2PT studies. The
vibrational density of states was calculated incorrectly causing a
39% relative error in diffusion coefficients and 45% error in the
2PT heat capacities. The wrong conversion of isobaric and isochoric
heat capacities also caused about 40% error but in the other direction.
We have introduced the concept of anharmonic correction (AC), which
is simply the deviation of the classical heat capacity from that of
the harmonic oscillator model. This anharmonic contribution is around
+30 to 40 J/(mol K) for water depending on the water model and −8
to −10 J/(mol K) for hydrocarbons and halocarbons. AC is unrealistically
large, +40 J/(K mol) for alcohols and amines, indicating some deficiency
of the OPLS force field. The accuracy of the computations was also
assessed with the determination of the self-diffusion coefficients.
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- Ádám Madarász
- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.,Institute of Chemistry, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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Skarmoutsos I, Henao A, Guardia E, Samios J. On the Different Faces of the Supercritical Phase of Water at a Near-Critical Temperature: Pressure-Induced Structural Transitions Ranging from a Gaslike Fluid to a Plastic Crystal Polymorph. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:10260-10272. [PMID: 34491748 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The present study reports a systematic analysis of a wide variety of structural, thermodynamic, and dynamic properties of supercritical water along the near-critical isotherm of T = 1.03Tc and up to extreme pressures, using molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations. The methodology employed provides solid evidence about the existence of a structural transition from a liquidlike fluid to a compressed, tightly packed liquid, in the density and pressure region around 3.4ρc and 1.17 GPa, introducing an alternative approach to locate the crossing of the Frenkel line. Around 8.5 GPa another transition to a face-centered-cubic plastic crystal polymorph with density 5.178ρc is also observed, further confirmed by Gibbs free energy calculations using the two-phase thermodynamic model. The isobaric heat capacity maximum, closely related to the crossing of the Widom line, has also been observed around 0.8ρc, where the local density augmentation is also maximized. Another structural transition has been observed at 0.2ρc, related to the transformation of the fluid to a dilute gas at lower densities. These findings indicate that a near-critical isotherm can be divided into different domains where supercritical water exhibits distinct behavior, ranging from a gaslike one to a plastic crystal one.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vas. Constantinou 48, GR-116 35, Athens, Greece
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- Dynamics of Condensed Matter and Center for Sustainable Systems Design, Department of Chemistry, University of Paderborn, Warburger Strasse 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord-Edifici B4-B5, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona E-08034, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis GR-157 71, Athens, Greece
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Pruteanu CG, Proctor JE, Alderman OLG, Loveday JS. Structural Markers of the Frenkel Line in the Proximity of Widom Lines. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:8902-8906. [PMID: 34324365 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c04690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have performed a neutron scattering experiment on supercritical fluid nitrogen at 160 K (1.27 TC) over a wide pressure range (7.8 MPa/0.260 g/mL-125 MPa/0.805 g/mL). This has enabled us to study the process by which nitrogen changes from a fluid that exhibits gaslike behavior to one that exhibits rigid liquidlike behavior at a temperature close to, but above, the critical temperature by crossing the Widom lines followed by the Frenkel line on pressure (density) increase. We find that the Frenkel line transition is indicated by a transition to a regime of rigid liquidlike behavior in which the coordination number remains constant within error, in agreement with our previous work at 300 K. The Frenkel line transition takes place at approximately the same density at 160 and 300 K. The data do not conclusively show an additional transition at the location of the known Widom lines. We find that behavior remains gaslike until the Frenkel line is crossed and our data support the hypothesis that Widom line transitions are density increase-driven.
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- Ciprian G Pruteanu
- Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.,SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- Materials and Physics Research Group, Newton Building, University of Salford, Manchester M5 4WT, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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Scheiner B, Yoon TJ. Calculation of self-diffusion coefficients in supercritical carbon dioxide using mean force kinetic theory. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:134101. [PMID: 33832259 DOI: 10.1063/5.0045211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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This paper presents an application of mean force kinetic theory (MFT) to the calculation of the self-diffusivity of CO2 in the supercritical fluid regime. Two modifications to the typical application of MFT are employed to allow its application to a system of molecular species. The first is the assumption that the inter-particle potential of mean force can be obtained from the molecule center-of-mass pair correlation function, which in the case of CO2 is the C-C pair correlation function. The second is a new definition of the Enskog factor that describes the effect of correlations at the surface of the collision volume. The new definition retains the physical picture that this quantity represents a local density increase, resulting from particle correlations, relative to that in the zero density homogeneous fluid limit. These calculations are facilitated by the calculation of pair correlation functions from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using the FEPM2 molecular CO2 model. The self-diffusivity calculated from theory is in good agreement with that from MD simulations up to and slightly beyond the density at the location of the Frenkel line. The calculation is compared with and is found to perform similarly well to other commonly used models but has a greater potential for application to systems of mixed species and to systems of particles with long range interatomic potentials due to electrostatic interactions.
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- Brett Scheiner
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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Bell IH. Entropy Scaling of Viscosity - II: Predictive Scheme for Normal Alkanes. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA 2020; 65:10.1021/acs.jced.0c00749. [PMID: 34121765 PMCID: PMC8191377 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.0c00749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this work, a residual entropy value 6/10 of the way between the critical point and a value of -2/3 of Boltzmann's constant is shown to collapse the scaled viscosity for the family of normal alkanes. Based on this approach, a nearly universal correlation is proposed that can reproduce 95% of the experimental data for normal alkanes within ±18% (without removal of clearly erroneous data). This universal correlation has no new fluid-specific empirical parameters and is based on experimentally accessible values. This collapse is shown to be valid to a residual entropy half way between the critical point and the triple point, beyond which the macroscopically-scaled viscosity has a super-exponential dependence on residual entropy, terminating at the triple point. A key outcome of this study is a better understanding of entropy scaling for fluids with intramolecular degrees of freedom. A study of the transport and thermodynamic properties at the triple point rounds out the analysis.
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- Ian H Bell
- Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305
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