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Effect of the Polarity of Solvents on Periodic Precipitation: Formation of Hierarchical Revert Liesegang Patterns

Journal

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 126, Issue 41, Pages 8322-8330

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05810

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  1. JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers [202180075]
  2. JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Overseas Researchers [202260298]
  3. National Research, Development, and Innovation Office of Hungary [K131425, FK128327, FK142148]
  4. National Research, Development, and Innovation Fund of Hungary [TKP2021-EGA-02, TKP2021-NKTA-05]

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This study investigates the impact of solvent polarity on the evolving structure of Liesegang pattern (LP) using a copper chromate system in water/organic solvent mixtures. Results show that LP morphology undergoes significant changes with increasing DMSO content, leading to the formation of hierarchical patterns. The simulation model with a bimodal size distribution also aligns well with experimental findings, demonstrating the potential for tailored LP designs.
Liesegang pattern (LP) is one example of self-organized periodic precipitation patterns in nonequilibrium systems. Several studies have demonstrated that the LP morphology can track physicochemical environmental conditions (e.g., temperature); however, the polarity effect has not been explored to date. In this study, a copper chromate system is used to reveal the impact of solvent polarity on the evolving LP structure using water/organic solvent mixtures. In the typical case of using water/dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) mixtures, two drastic changes in LP morphology with increasing DMSO contents were found: (i) increasing frequency of the original structure and (ii) formation of a hierarchical pattern with the appearance of another, lower-frequency structure. Furthermore, the simulation model operating with a bimodal size distribution, allowing both homogeneous and heterogeneous precipitations showed good agreement with the experimental results. Therefore, this study demonstrated that LP can be tailored by solvent polarity and can be used for designing hierarchical precipitation patterns in a straightforward manner.

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