Kinetics and dynamics of dissolution/mixing of a high-viscosity liquid phase in a low-viscosity solvent phase.
J Phys Chem B
; 111(41): 11907-14, 2007 Oct 18.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17887787
ABSTRACT
We studied mixing in the initially separated binary mixture of polystyrene/5CB liquid crystal and ternary mixtures of water/surfactant C12E5/polymer PEG system. In both systems the domains of one phase were characterized by a much higher viscosity than the solvent matrix. We demonstrated experimentally that during mixing these domains decrease their size linearly with time without a visible change of the optical contrast (i.e., without a rapid change of their compositions). Computer simulations and a theoretical model explain quantitatively our experimental observations.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
J Phys Chem B
Journal subject:
QUIMICA
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Poland