scholarly journals Upper Critical Solution Temperature Polymer Phase Transition as a Tool for the Control of Inorganic Salt Crystallization Process

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5373
Author(s):  
Marcin Lemanowicz ◽  
Esteban Wong Munoz ◽  
Anna Mielańczyk ◽  
Krzysztof Kiraga ◽  
Andrzej Gierczycki
Keyword(s):  
Crystallization Process ◽  
Inorganic Salt ◽  
Sudden Change ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
Salt Crystallization ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
Stochastic Nature ◽  
Upper Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, the experimental research concerning the impact of the hydrophilic-hydrophobic transition of a polymer exhibiting the Upper Critical Solution Temperature (UCST) onto the crystallization process of inorganic salt is presented. A hypothesis was postulated that under favorable process conditions the sudden change of macromolecules properties and the resulting appearance of insoluble particles will induce the nucleation process of the salt. Since the transition point parameters may be precisely designed, the described mechanism would eliminate the stochastic nature of the crystallization process. Although performed experiments proved that the postulated process mechanism was incorrect, the presence of macromolecules had a significant impact on the crystallization course. The stochastic nature of the process was not eliminated; nevertheless, it seems that a specific point of nucleation was created which was independent of the cloud point temperature (TCP) of the polymer. Moreover, the surface morphology of crystals was changed.

Selective Hydrogen Bonding Controls Temperature Response of Layer-by-Layer Upper Critical Solution Temperature Micellar Assemblies

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliaksei Aliakseyeu ◽  
Victoria Albright ◽  
Danielle Yarbrough ◽  
Samantha Hernandez ◽  
Qing Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Methacrylic Acid ◽  
Temperature Response ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding Interactions ◽  
Upper Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
Lbl Films

This work establishes a correlation between the selectivity of hydrogen-bonding interactions and the functionality of micelle-containing layer-by-layer (LbL) assemblies. Specifically, we explore LbL films formed by assembly of poly(methacrylic acid)...

Properties relating to critical phenomena in the acetic anhydride – acetone – carbon disulfide system

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 904-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Campbell ◽  
E. M. Kartzmark
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Anhydride ◽  
Carbon Disulfide ◽  
General Rule ◽  
Dielectric Constants ◽  
Excess Volumes ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
Heats Of Mixing ◽  
Upper Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
Molar Polarization

The following physical properties of the acetic anhydride – acetone – carbon disulfide system have been investigated: congruent compositions, excess volumes, dielectric constants. For the system acetone – carbon disulfide, the excess volumes and the molar polarizations are much greater than those required by the mixture rule. From this we deduced that this system is very non-ideal and might, at a suitable temperature, form two layers; two liquid layers did indeed form at −73 °C, the upper critical solution temperature occurring somewhere between this temperature and 0 °C. We offer it as a general rule that, if the deviation from additivity of molar polarization is large and positive, two layers will form at a sufficiently low temperature, provided that solid phases do not intervene. This deduction becomes almost a certainty if large positive deviations from additivity of molar volume and large positive heats of mixing are also present.

scholarly journals Upper Critical Solution Temperature (UCST) Behavior of Coacervate of Cationic Protamine and Multivalent Anions

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyungbin Kim ◽  
Byoung-jin Jeon ◽  
Sangsik Kim ◽  
YongSeok Jho ◽  
Dong Soo Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
Complex Coacervation ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Upper Critical Solution Temperature ◽  
Large Asymmetry ◽  
Positively Charged ◽  
Liquid Liquid Phase Separation

Complex coacervation is an emerging liquid/liquid phase separation (LLPS) phenomenon that behaves as a membrane-less organelle in living cells. Yet while one of the critical factors for complex coacervation is temperature, little analysis and research has been devoted to the temperature effect on complex coacervation. Here, we performed a complex coacervation of cationic protamine and multivalent anions (citrate and tripolyphosphate (TPP)). Both mixtures (i.e., protamine/citrate and protamine/TPP) underwent coacervation in an aqueous solution, while a mixture of protamine and sodium chloride did not. Interestingly, the complex coacervation of protamine and multivalent anions showed upper critical solution temperature (UCST) behavior, and the coacervation of protamine and multivalent anions was reversible with solution temperature changes. The large asymmetry in molecular weight between positively charged protamine (~4 kDa) and the multivalent anions (<0.4 kDa) and strong electrostatic interactions between positively charged guanidine residues in protamine and multivalent anions were likely to contribute to UCST behavior in this coacervation system.

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