期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
卷 346, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117830
关键词
Fluctuation; Liquid-liquid phase separation; Critical behavior; Kirkwood-Buff integral; Small-angle x-ray scattering; Non-random two-liquid (NRTL) equation
资金
- Japan Science and Technology Agency through its Advanced Low-carbon Technology Research and Development Program (JST-ALCA) [JPMJAL1511]
We investigated the local structure of diethylene glycol diethyl ether (DEGDEE)-water mixtures near the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) by using simultaneous small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering measurements and thermodynamic calculations. The results show self-segregations of DEGDEE and water in nanometer length scales near the critical concentration, which may be a precursor to macroscopic phase separation.
We studied local structure of diethylene glycol diethyl ether (DEGDEE)-water mixtures near the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) by means of simultaneous small- and wide-angle x-ray scattering measurement and thermodynamic calculation based on the activity coefficient model. Long-wavelength limits of structure factors S-NN(0), S-CC(0), and S-NC(0), which respectively represent mean square fluctuations in the particle number, the concentration, and their cross correlation, are determined from scattering intensity extrapolated to the zero scattering vector and thermodynamic quantities according to the Bhatia and Thornton formula. S-NN(0) and S-CC(0) exhibit maxima near critical concentration. We found that difference between partial molar volumes of water and DEGDEE essentially results in S-NN(0) values being one order of magnitude larger than S-CC(0) values. Further, we determined Kirkwood-Buff (KB) integrals to clarify a mixing state of the solution from a mesoscopic point of view. The KB integrals also exhibit extrema near critical concentration. These results demonstrate self-segregations of both DEGDEE and water in a nanometer length scale even at homogeneous solution states, which can be regarded as a precursor of the macroscopic phase separation. Concentration dependence of the wide-angle scattering curve suggests that the short-range structure, whose length scale is sub-nanometer, moderately changes between the intrinsic bulk structures of DEGDEE and water. Comparison of the KB integrals with those determined by the activity coefficient model using non-random two-liquid equation is presented and effects of the fluctuation on the phase behavior are discussed. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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