Tetracycline (TTC) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that has become an emerging contaminant due to its widespread use in human and veterinary medicine. The limited physicochemical data on its solid–liquid equilibrium hinders the development of ph...
Nanoscale-modulated nematic phases formed by bent-core and dimeric molecules raise the question of how a new periodic structure can emerge within an already orientationally ordered nematic state. In this note we discuss a Landau phenomenological inte...
Ion association in solution has traditionally been described in terms of electrostatic interactions; however, its molecular origin in weakly solvating media remains insufficiently understood. In this Perspective, we systematically revisit ion-associa...
In this paper, a generalized thermodynamic description of phase-equilibrium displacement during second-order (II-type) phase transitions in multicomponent systems is developed within the Gibbs-potential metric. The approach is based on the generalize...
In pressurized irrigation networks, water-intake hydrants combine flow regulation, shutoff and metering in a single cast body, and the resulting coupled resistance obscures how much each function costs. The conventional body of a DN100 (nominal diame...
Gas–liquid two-phase flow is widely recognized as an effective strategy for enhancing membrane distillation (MD) performance by mitigating thermal and concentration polarization. However, most studies interpret this enhancement using time-avera...
Liquid films formed from nanofluids exhibit a ubiquitous, multiple stepwise thinning phenomenon, where the film thins layer by layer. Under film confinement, the nanoparticles experience a significant reduction in their degrees of freedom, inducing e...
In this study, two low-concentration solutions of 1,4,5,8-Naphthalene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (NTCDA) in two imidazolium-based ionic liquids (IL), EMIM-DCA and EMIM-Ac, at room temperature were mixed; after around ten days of storage, the formati...
Increasing freshwater scarcity has intensified the need for energy-efficient and sustainable desalination technologies, making solar-assisted Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD) an attractive solution due to its low-temperature operation, hig...
The equation of state (EoS) is very helpful for the prediction of both high-pressure phase diagrams and fundamental properties. However, the general cubic EoS has low prediction accuracy for compressed and saturated liquid densities and the pure comp...
The main objective of this research was to determine and correlate the equilibrium solubility of sodium sulfamethazine (NaSMT) in several {ethanol (1) + water (2)} mixtures reported in mass/volume and mass/mass percentages at different temperatures,...
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) has emerged as one of the most widely adopted additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, valued for its simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and versatility in fabricating complex geometries. The geometry of the extrusion no...
Solubility studies are essential for developing more efficient dosing processes and systems. The solubility of INH in a mixture of PEG 300 (1) + water (2) was evaluated at various temperatures using UV/Vis spectrophotometry and the shaking flask meth...
Balancing ionic transport, thermal robustness, and electrochemical stability remains an important challenge in the design of ionic liquid (IL) electrolytes for lithium-based energy storage. Here, quantitative structure–transport relationships w...
Conventional liquid springs enable storage of energy in the form of interfacial tension at forcibly wetted lyophobic surfaces. The pressure–volume work performed to compress the liquid into a poorly wettable porous medium is recovered during sp...
Poly(l-lactic acid) or poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) is an optically active polymer derived from renewable sources and fully biodegradable. It is known that PLLA assumes a left-handed helix in the solid state and also in solution it still keeps a certain de...
Bubble bursting at liquid surfaces was investigated experimentally using high-speed imaging at 25,000 fps and micro-particle image velocimetry (µ-PIV) at up to 4000 flow fields per second. Three fluids with distinct rheological properties were...
Based on the Lie group method (symmetry transformation groups), an analysis of an unsteady (start-up) flow over a flat surface was performed. This approach enabled reducing the number of independent arguments, which significantly simplifies the proce...
Metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed in water are difficult to recover because of their small size and colloidal stability. In this study, the interfacial adsorption behavior of Fe2O3, CoO, and CuO nanoparticles at hydrophobic ionic liquid (IL)–...
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of research findings concerning the acid catalytic effect (ACE) of hot compressed water and water–alcohol mixtures, along with the applications of these solvents. The ACE observed during reactions ca...
In this work, the volumetric properties of nine binary systems composed of ethyl propanoate and n-alkylcyclohexanes (from cyclohexane to decylcyclohexane) were investigated. Densities were measured at atmospheric pressure (101 kPa) over the entire co...
We report an optical method to estimate local microviscosity in thermotropic liquid crystals using viscosity-responsive aggregation-induced emission luminogens. Pendant-type luminogens were designed by covalently attaching 4-cyano-4′-n-octyloxy...
This study presents the experimental characterization of the volumetric and transport properties of pseudo-binary mixtures of commercial diesel and residual chicken fat methyl ester biodiesel over the temperature range of 293.15–353.15 K at 0.0...
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Hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity are incompatible in the sense that a single substrate cannot exhibit both characteristics simultaneously. On a hydrophobic substrate, for example, a macroscopic droplet always exhibits a morphology with a contact ang...
The research on nonaqueous two-phase systems, i.e., ternary nonaqueous systems with a liquid–liquid phase split induced by a solid component, is discussed. Previous scattered reports are reviewed and summarized. The first systematic studies are...
Experimentally, adsorption is usually described by adsorption isotherms, which present a saturation effect at high enough concentration or pressure of the adsorbate fluid. This well-known saturation effect was first theoretically discussed by Langmui...
The energies, structures, and vibrational frequencies of [Fe(H2O)n]3+, n = 0–6, 18 have been calculated at the Hartree–Fock, second-order Møller–Plesset, and density functional (B3LYP) levels of theory using the 6−31G*...
We present the design and characterization of a fully automated free-standing liquid crystal (FSLC) film holder, enabling remote and precise control of liquid crystal (LC) volume release, wiping speed, and temperature. Using 4-octyl-4′-cyanobip...
An upgraded GAFF2 force field has been used to simulate two fluorinated alcohols, TFE and HFIP, in aqueous solutions at several concentrations. The same force field has also been employed to simulate a 26-residue amphiphilic peptide in several cosolv...
Solubility studies are an essential requirement for the development of more efficient industrial processes. In this context, the use of cosolvents is a relevant strategy in pharmaceutical sciences, especially when dealing with green solvents such as...
Filtration of emulsions is an important operation in multiple processes of chemical, environmental, and petroleum engineering. The primary concern of the present study is cleaning of water produced from a petroleum reservoir. The produced water is fi...
It has been shown for the first time that in the case of a pressure flow of a Newtonian fluid in a circular pipeline, the influence of forces of rheological origin, ion electrostatic and Van der Waals nature on the radius of the undeformed flow core...
Arid zones, such as the MENA regions and the Sahara countries, are experiencing significant water stress. To address this global challenge, desalination technologies provide a crucial solution, particularly the reverse osmosis (RO) technique, which i...
Over the past two decades, terahertz (THz) spectroscopy has demonstrated remarkable potential for the investigation of liquids, including studies of living organisms and biological components in their natural, aqueous environments. The main advantage...
In this article, we discuss the relationship and transition between self- and Fick diffusion coefficients in continuous implicit solvents across different particle densities. By applying the established expressions for self-diffusion and Fick diffusi...
This work reports on novel acid–base conjugate pairs of monocationic allyldiamidinium and dicationic diamidinium salts, some of which are ionic liquids (ILs) at ambient temperatures. A series of allyldiamidinium salts of the general formula [C3...
(1) Background: Fixed-dose combination (FDC) improves patient convenience and therapeutic adherence by combining suitable drugs in a single dose form. This study examined the in vitro dissolution of an ibuprofen-loratadine FDC oral suspension to comm...
Specifically engineered heavy liquid metals are proposed as candidate coolants and tritium breeders for advanced nuclear applications. Understanding the wetting behaviours of these liquids on relevant substrate configurations is crucial to tackle the...
Graphene oxide (GO) has been successfully used as a filler to modify various properties of polymers and fiber-reinforced composites. The resulting properties depend on the filler content and on the distribution of GO in the polymer matrix. In this wo...
In contrast to the typically electrically conductive nanocarbon systems, boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) are particularly attractive for the fabrication of polymers that require high thermal conductivity while maintaining electrical insulation. Howe...
This study presents a quantum electrodynamics (QED) framework that explains the anomalous behavior of liquid water. The theory posits that water consists of two coexisting phases: a coherent phase, in which molecules form phase-locked coherence domai...
Droplets sliding down a partially wetted surface are a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature and everyday life. Despite its apparent simplicity, it hinders complex intricacies for theoretical and numerical descriptions matching the experimental observation...
The rheological properties of aqueous solutions of wormlike micelles (WLMs) of cationic surfactant erucyl bis(hydroxyethyl)methylammonium chloride (EHAC) in the presence of hydrotropic salt sodium salicylate (NaSal) and inorganic salt sodium chloride...
Liquids like water are not expected to produce a thermal change under shear strain or flow (away from extreme conditions). In this study, we reveal experimental conditions for which the conventional athermal hydrodynamic assumption is no longer valid...
This study investigates the formation of hydroxyl radicals (OH radicals) in cavitation bubble plasma-treated water (CBPTW) using a chemical probe method. CBPTW samples were prepared with different electrode materials (W, Fe, Cu, and Ag), and the chem...
A new method is presented for the estimation of contributions to solvation free energy from dispersion, polar, and hydrogen-bonding (HB) intermolecular interactions. COSMO-type quantum chemical solvation calculations are used for the development of f...
Experimental data on the folding and unfolding of small globular proteins are often well described assuming a two-state equilibrium process. It means that after careful analysis by a combination of experimental techniques, only folded and unfolded st...
Clove oil is an essential oil used in food and pharmaceutical applications, with a market value of 300+ million dollars per year. Microemulsions have been used as effective clove oil delivery vehicles and could also be used to develop new extraction...
This paper shows that low concentrations of either a low-molecular-weight or a recyclable polymeric cosolvent can be used to design recyclable, tunable alkane polymeric solvent systems. We have shown that dyes experience a microheterogeneous environm...
