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Baptista LA, Sevilla M, Wagner M, Kremer K, Cortes-Huerto R. Chilling alcohol on the computer: isothermal compressibility and the formation of hydrogen-bond clusters in liquid propan-1-ol. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2023; 46:117. [PMID: 38019330 PMCID: PMC10687148 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-023-00380-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
Abstract
Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to compute the isothermal compressibility [Formula: see text] of liquid propan-1-ol in the temperature range [Formula: see text] K. A change in behaviour, from normal (high T) to anomalous (low T), has been identified for [Formula: see text] at [Formula: see text] K. The average number of hydrogen bonds (H-bond) per molecule turns to saturation in the same temperature interval, suggesting the formation of a relatively rigid network. Indeed, simulation results show a strong tendency to form H-bond clusters with distinct boundaries, with the average largest size and width of the size distribution growing upon decreasing temperature, in agreement with previous theoretical and experimental studies. These results also emphasise a connection between the behaviour of [Formula: see text] and the formation of nanometric structures.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luis A Baptista
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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Tarnacka M, Kamińska E, Paluch M, Kamiński K. New Insights from Nonequilibrium Kinetics Studies on Highly Polar S-Methoxy-PC Infiltrated into Pores. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:10464-10470. [PMID: 36326602 PMCID: PMC9661534 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Herein, the annealing of highly polar (S)-(-)-4-methoxymethyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one (S-methoxy-PC) within alumina and silica porous membranes characterized by different pore diameters was studied by means of dielectric spectroscopy. We found a significant slowing down of the structural dynamics of confined S-methoxy-PC with annealing time below and, surprisingly, also above the glass transition temperatures of the interfacial layer, Tg,interfacial. Furthermore, unexpectedly, a change in the slope of temperature dependencies of the characteristic time scale of this process τanneal, at Tg,interfacial for all confined samples, was reported. By modeling τanneal(T), we noted that the observed enormous variation of τanneal results from a decrease of the pore radius due to the vitrification of the interfacial molecules. This indicates that the enhanced dynamics of confined materials upon cooling is mainly controlled by the interfacial molecules.
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- Magdalena Tarnacka
- Institute
of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pulku Piechoty 1, 41-500Chorzow, Poland
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- Department
of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia
in Katowice, Jagiellońska 4, 41-200Sosnowiec, Poland
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pulku Piechoty 1, 41-500Chorzow, Poland
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pulku Piechoty 1, 41-500Chorzow, Poland
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Paturej J, Koperwas K, Tarnacka M, Jurkiewicz K, Maksym P, Grelska J, Paluch M, Kamiński K. Supramolecular structures of self-assembled oligomers under confinement. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:4930-4936. [PMID: 35730478 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00343k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We study the molecular origin of a prepeak (PP) observed at low q values in the structure factors of three oligomers in a bulk (poly(mercaptopropyl)methylsiloxane, PMMS, poly(methylmercaptopropyl)-grafted-hexylmethacrylate, PMMS-g-HMA, and poly(methylphenyl)siloxane, PMPS) in order to understand the lowering of the PP intensity detected for oligomers confined in cylindrical pores with low diameter. For this purpose, we use a combination of X-ray diffraction measurements and coarse-grained bead-spring molecular dynamics simulations. Our molecular modelling demonstrated that the planarity of the pendant groups triggers the self-association of oligomers into nanoaggregates. However, the formation of oligomeric nanodomains is not sufficient for building-up the PP. The latter requires spatial disturbance in the arrangement of the side groups of oligomers within clusters. Importantly, our numerical analysis revealed that the increasing degree of the confinement of oligomers limits their aggregation and consequently lowers the amplitude of the PP observed in the experimental data.
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- Jarosław Paturej
- August Chełkowski Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.
- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung, Dresden e.V., Hohe Str. 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- August Chełkowski Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.
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- August Chełkowski Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.
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- August Chełkowski Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.
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- Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Silesia, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1a, 41-500 Chorzow, Poland
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- August Chełkowski Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.
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- August Chełkowski Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.
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- August Chełkowski Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.
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