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Water sorption thermodynamics in glassy polymers endowed with hydrogen bonding interactions
In this contribution, we review and critically compare the results of the analyses we have previously performed on water sorption thermodynamics in a...
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Hydrophilic and hydrophobic competition in water-methanol solutions
We study the thermal behavior of the longitudinal spin-lattice, T 1 , and the transverse spin-spin, T 2 , relaxation times of the macroscopic...
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On the thermodynamics of phase transitions in metal hydrides
Metal hydrides are solutions of hydrogen in a metal, where phase transitions may occur depending on temperature, pressure etc. We apply Le...
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An experimental investigation of the critical state of aqueous solutions of aliphatic alcohols
The ballast-free constant-volume piezometer technique is used for measuring the p , ρ, T dependences of aqueous solutions of aliphatic alcohols...
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Thermodynamics of binary solutions of the eutectic type with intermediate phases of constant composition
A consistent method is proposed for calculating the phase diagrams of binary solutions with intermediate phases of constant composition. The proposed...
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Modeling phase behavior for quantifying micro-pervaporation experiments
We present a theoretical model for the evolution of mixture concentrations in a micro-pervaporation device, similar to those recently presented...
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Speeds of sound and isothermal compressibility of ternary liquid systems: Application of Flory’s statistical theory and hard sphere models
Speeds of sound and densities of three ternary liquid systems namely, toluene + n -heptane + n -hexane (I), cyclohexane + n -heptane + n -hexane (II) and n ...
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DNA ejection from bacteriophage: Towards a general behavior for osmotic-suppression experiments
We present in this work in vitro measurements of the force ejecting DNA from two distinct bacteriophages (T5 and λ using the osmotic-suppression...
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Free energy landscape from path-sampling: application to the structural transition in LJ38
We introduce a path-sampling scheme that allows equilibrium state-ensemble averages to be computed by means of a biased distribution of...
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Salty solutions near a charged modulated interface
Charged monolayers at a liquid-vapor interface may be found in a crystalline state, resulting in a surface density of charge that displays periodic...
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Molecular multivalent electrolytes: microstructure and screening lengths
We study small rod-like molecular electrolytes solutions with their corresponding atomic counterions. The asymptotic length scales (decay length and...
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Thermophoresis of DNA determined by microfluidic fluorescence
We describe a microfluidic all-optical technique to measure the thermophoresis of molecules. Within micrometer-thick chambers, we heat aqueous...
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A path-sampling scheme for computing thermodynamic properties of a many-body system in a generalized ensemble
We propose to compute the thermodynamic properties of many-body systems using a path-sampling Monte Carlo scheme implemented in a generalized path...
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Influence of the glass transition on solvent loss from spin-cast glassy polymer thin films
The interdependence of solvent loss and vitrification in spin-cast poly(methyl methacrylate) thin films is explored. Fast measurements of decreases...
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Structural relaxation of spin-cast glassy polymer thin films as a possible factor in dewetting
Reiter [1] has recently reported a situation in which the dewetting of quasi-solid films is linked to plastic deformation - rather than viscous flow...
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Swelling of cross-linked polyelectrolyte gels
A model of a cross-linked polyelectrolyte gel has been examined using Monte Carlo simulations. The simple model contained a charged defect-free...
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A new approach to the problem of radiation scattering by multicomponent systems
The formulation of the scattered intensity by compressible systems, based on the thermodynamics of the inverse correlation matrix, is re-examined and...
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The role of solvent-induced forces in biomolecular function and stability
Solvent-induced forces (SIFs) have been for a long time erroneously related to the presence of more or less uniform “hydration shells”, consisting of...