{"title":"Effects of Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes and Emerging Supramolecular Structures on Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals: Physico-Chemical Aspects","authors":"L. Lisetski, L. Bulavin, N. Lebovka","doi":"10.3390/liquids3020017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/liquids3020017","url":null,"abstract":"The current state of the study of different liquid crystalline (LC) systems doped with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is discussed. An attempt is endeavored to outline the state-of-the-art technology that has emerged after two past decades. Systematization and analysis are presented for the integration of single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes in thermotropic (nematic, smectic, cholesteric, ferroelectric, etc.) and lyotropic LCs. Special attention is paid to the effects of alignment and supramolecular organization resulting from orientational coupling between CNTs and the LC matrix. The effects of the specific inter-molecular and inter-particle interactions and intriguing microstructural, electromagnetic, percolation, optical, and electro-optical properties are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":20094,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Liquids","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79215762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ariaeinia, E. Rahimpour, S. Mirzaeei, Anahita Fathi Azarbayjani, A. Jouyban
{"title":"Thermodynamic analysis of atorvastatin calcium in solvent mixtures at several temperatures","authors":"M. Ariaeinia, E. Rahimpour, S. Mirzaeei, Anahita Fathi Azarbayjani, A. Jouyban","doi":"10.1080/00319104.2023.2208255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00319104.2023.2208255","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Cosolvency is a widely used method employed to enhance drug solubility. There are limited data on the solubility of atorvastatin calcium (ATC). The aim of this work is to determine ATC solubility in glycerol + water and 2-propanol + water mixtures at several temperatures (293.15, 298.15, 303.15, 308.15 and 313.15 K). The apparent thermodynamic properties of the ATC dissolution process including Gibbs free energy (ΔG°sol), enthalpy (ΔH°sol) and entropy (ΔS°sol) were calculated. The ATC solubility in various concentrations of the anionic, cationic and non-ionic surfactant was explored. The drug is most efficiently dissolved in sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS). Tween 20 did not cause any increment in drug solubility. Benzalkonium chloride may form an insoluble salt with ATC anion resulting in a decrease in drug solubility. Cosolvency data were correlated by Jouyban–Acree and Jouyban–Acree–van’t Hoff equation.","PeriodicalId":20094,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Liquids","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86598614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hadi Foroughi, E. Rahimpour, M. Kouhkan, Anahita Fathi Azarbayjani, A. Jouyban
{"title":"Solubility enhancement of atorvastatin calcium and ethanol-mediated transition with some surfactants","authors":"Hadi Foroughi, E. Rahimpour, M. Kouhkan, Anahita Fathi Azarbayjani, A. Jouyban","doi":"10.1080/00319104.2023.2210252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00319104.2023.2210252","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Atorvastatin calcium (ATC) is a class II BCS blockbuster synthetic cholesterol-lowering drug. The aim of this work is to examine the solubility of ATC in ethanol and water mixtures at room temperature and to study the effect of various concentrations of Tween 80 and benzalkonium chloride (BAC) on drug solubility in aqueous mixtures of ethanol. ATC shows maximum solubility in ethanol + water mixtures at a ratio of w1 = 0.7 ethanol. The addition of a surfactant changed the drug solubility profile relative to the surfactant type and its concentration. XRD and DSC results indicate that a high concentration of BAC may induce the formation of ATC solvate which influenced the melting point and solubility of the drug. Surfactant type and concentration influence the morphology, nucleation, and growth of drug crystals. A high concentration of BAC accelerates crystal habits and its relative growth rate while Tween 80 slows its growth rate.","PeriodicalId":20094,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Liquids","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83368889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Venkata Sai Priyatham Varma Alluri, William (Hoang Chi Hieu) Nguyen, A. Henni
{"title":"Determination of the Dissociation Constants (pKa) of Eight Amines of Importance in Carbon Capture: Computational Chemistry Calculations, and Artificial Neural Network Models","authors":"Venkata Sai Priyatham Varma Alluri, William (Hoang Chi Hieu) Nguyen, A. Henni","doi":"10.3390/liquids3020016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/liquids3020016","url":null,"abstract":"This work focuses on determining the dissociation constants (pKa) of eight amines, namely, 3-(Diethylamino) propylamine, 1,3-Diaminopentane, 3-Butoxypropylamine, 2-(Methylamino) ethanol, Bis(2-methoxyethyl) amine, α-Methylbenzylamine, 2-Aminoheptane, and 3-Amino-1-phenylbutane, within temperatures ranging from 293.15 K to 323.15 K. The thermodynamic properties of the protonated reactions were regressed from the pKa work. In addition, the protonated order of both 3-(Diethylamino) propylamine and 1,3-Diaminopentane were determined using computational chemistry methods owing to their unsymmetrical structures. In addition to the experimental methods, the dissociation constants at the standard temperature (298.15 K) were also estimated using group functional models (paper–pencil) and computational methods. The computational methods include COSMO-RS and computational chemistry calculations. An artificial neural network (ANN) method was employed to model the data by collecting and combining the experimental properties to estimate the missing pKa values. Although the ANN models can provide acceptable results, they depend on the availability of the data. Instead of using the experimental properties, they were generated using software such as Aspen Plus or CosmothermX. The simulated ANN model can also provide very good fits to the experimental constant values.","PeriodicalId":20094,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Liquids","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82488920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of molecular interactions in binary mixtures of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol with primary alcohols (propan-1-ol, 2- propen-1-ol and 2- propyn-1-ol) at various temperatures","authors":"C. Rajani, R. Raju, M. Gowrisankar","doi":"10.1080/00319104.2023.2212395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00319104.2023.2212395","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The densities (ρ), viscosities (η), and speeds of sound (u) were reported for binary mixtures of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol with aliphatic primary alcohols (propan-1-ol, 2-propen-1-ol, 2-propyn-1-ol) over the entire composition range from 303.15 K to 313.15 K and at atmospheric pressure 0.1 MPa. The excess parameters (VE,κs E), deviation in viscosity, excess partial molar volumes, ( and ) excess partial molar isentropic compressibility’s ( and ) of the components at infinite dilution were calculated from the densities, speeds of sound, and viscosities at experimental temperatures. The variation of these properties with composition of the mixtures suggests hydrogen bond and charge-transfer complex formation between 2-ethyl-1-hexanol and self-associated primary alcohols. The VE results have been analysed in the light of Prigogine-Flory-Patterson theory. An analysis of each of the three contributions, namely, interactional, free volume and P* to VE shows that interactional contribution was positive for all binary systems. The free volume effect and P* contribution were negative for all the mixtures. Furthermore, the FTIR spectra have been recorded at 298.15 K and found to be useful for understanding the presence of hydrogen bonding between dissimilar molecules in the liquid mixtures. A good agreement was obtained between excess quantities and spectroscopic data.","PeriodicalId":20094,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Liquids","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82355378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comments on “Solubility measurement, thermodynamic modeling and solubility parameters of clarithromycin (Form ӀӀ) in aqueous ethanolic solution”","authors":"Ramya Motati, Trisha Kandi, W. E. Acree","doi":"10.1080/00319104.2023.2218525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00319104.2023.2218525","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Published numerical values of the curve-fit equation coefficients of the van’t Hoff model do not describe the observed mole fraction solubility data. Differences between the observed and back-calculated mole fraction solubilities differed by as much as one order of magnitude. Reanalysis of the published solubility data yielded completely different sets of equation coefficients.","PeriodicalId":20094,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Liquids","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82030349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Agazhanov, R. Abdullaev, S. Stankus, A. Khairulin
{"title":"Thermal conductivity of the Cs-Pb system liquid alloys","authors":"A. Agazhanov, R. Abdullaev, S. Stankus, A. Khairulin","doi":"10.1080/00319104.2023.2207712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00319104.2023.2207712","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Thermal conductivity of liquid alloys of the caesium-lead system with a Pb content of 40, 50, 60, and 66.7 at. % is measured by the laser flash method in the temperature range from the liquidus line to 1173 K with an error of 4–6%. It is found that the thermal conductivity of the investigated alloys, obtained by mixing liquid metals Cs and Pb, drops by an order of magnitude to values: 0.5–4.0 W/(m K), characteristic of molten salts. It is shown that the thermal conductivity concentration dependence of the Cs-Pb system liquid alloys has a broad minimum near the equiatomic composition. An analysis of the obtained experimental data indicates the formation of a chemical short-range order in the liquid Cs-Pb system in the vicinity of the equiatomic composition, which indirectly confirms the existing ideas about the presence of Zintl complexes Cs4Pb4 in these melts.","PeriodicalId":20094,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Liquids","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74662384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Darla Benavides, Laine Longacre, Advika Varadharajan, W. Acree
{"title":"Calculation of Abraham model solute descriptors for 2-naphthoxyacetic acid","authors":"Darla Benavides, Laine Longacre, Advika Varadharajan, W. Acree","doi":"10.1080/00319104.2023.2207713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00319104.2023.2207713","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Mole fraction solubilities are reported for 2-naphthoxyacetic acid dissolved in three alkanol (3-methyl-1-butanol, 2-pentanol, 1-octanol), two alkyl alkanoate (tert-butyl acetate, methyl butyrate), three alkanone (butanone, 2-pentanone, cyclopentanone) and six alkoxyalcohol (2-methoxyethanol, 2-ethoxyethanol, 2-propoxyethanol, 2-isopropoxyethanol, 2-butoxyethanol, 3-methoxy-1-butanol) mono-solvents at 298.15 K. Results from our experimental measurements, combined with the published solubility data, are used to calculate the solute descriptors of the carboxylic acid solute. The calculated descriptor values reported in the current study back-calculate the observed solubility data to within an approximate standard error of 0.05 log units.","PeriodicalId":20094,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Liquids","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84160263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Translational Dynamics of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids in Acetonitrile Solutions","authors":"F. Demmel, W. Howells","doi":"10.3390/liquids3020015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/liquids3020015","url":null,"abstract":"The dynamics of pure ionic liquids and solutions with acetonitrile have been investigated through quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS). The translational diffusive motion of the 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium cation was revealed as a function of concentration and temperature. The diffusion coefficients obtained are in reasonably good agreement with molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulations based on a classical potential. The diffusive mobility of the cation dramatically increases when adding acetonitrile. This increase in diffusivity is directly related to a maximum in conductivity of these ionic liquid solutions and might pave the way for new design of electrolytes. The translational motions in pure ionic liquids are too slow to be resolved by our experiment. However, localized motion resembling rotation on a sphere of the measured proton signal could be identified in the pure ionic liquids.","PeriodicalId":20094,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Liquids","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75900978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vincent Caqueret, K. Berkalou, Jean-Louis Havet, M. Debacq, S. Vitu
{"title":"Density, Excess Molar Volume and Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium Measurements at 101.3 kPa for Binary Mixtures Containing Ethyl Acetate and a Branched Alkane: Experimental Data and Modeling","authors":"Vincent Caqueret, K. Berkalou, Jean-Louis Havet, M. Debacq, S. Vitu","doi":"10.3390/liquids3020014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/liquids3020014","url":null,"abstract":"Vapor–liquid equilibrium (VLE) and density data for binary systems of branched alkanes + ethyl acetate are scarce in the literature. In this study, the binary mixtures 3-methylpentane + ethyl acetate and 2,3-dimethylbutane + ethyl acetate were investigated. Density measurements at atmospheric pressure were performed using a vibrating tube density meter at 293.15, 298.15 and 303.15 K. Large and positive excess molar volumes were calculated and correlated using a Redlich–Kister-type equation. Isobaric VLE data at 101.3 kPa were obtained using a Gillespie-type recirculation ebulliometer. Equilibrium compositions were determined indirectly from density measurements. The experimental data were checked for consistency by means of the Fredenslund test and the Wisniak (L-W) test and were then successfully correlated using the NRTL model. The newly studied binary systems display high deviations from ideality and minimum boiling azeotropes, the coordinates of which are reported in this work.","PeriodicalId":20094,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Liquids","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77156332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}