Re-entrant Phase Transitions and Dynamics of a Nanoconfined Ionic Liquid

Spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking in a re-entrant isotropic liquid.

An achiral double-swallow tailed tetracatenar compound forms a re-entrant isotropic liquid between a bicontinuous cubic phase and a nematic liquid crystalline phase. This isotropic liquid was found to represent a conglomerate of two immiscible chiral liquids. The chirality is retained and eventually becomes uniform at the transition to the cubic I432 phase.

Is there a re-entrant spinodal in liquid water ?

Effect of the environmental humidity on the bulk, interfacial and nanoconfined properties of an ionic liquid.

With reference to our previous surface-force study on 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate ([HMIM] EtSO4) using an extended surface forces apparatus, which showed an ordered structure within the nanoconfined dry ionic liquid (IL) between mica surfaces that extended up to ∼60 nm from the surface, this work focuses on the influence of the environmental humidity on the bulk, interfacial and na...

Simulations of phase transitions in ionic systems

A review of recent simulation work in the area of phase transitions in ionic systems is presented. The vapor-liquid transition for the restricted primitive model has been studied extensively in the past decade. The critical temperature is now known to excellent accuracy and the critical density to moderate accuracy. There is also strong simulation-based evidence that the model is in the Ising u...

Re-entrant Ventricular Arrhythmias

Retrograde atrial preexcitation following premature ventricular beats during reciprocating tachycardia in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Eur J Cardiol 3: 283, 1975 28. Rosen KM, Denes P, Wu D, Dhingra RC: Electrophysiological diagnosis and manifestation of dual A-V nodal pathways. In Conduction System of the Heart, edited by Wellens HJJ, Lie H, Janse MJ. The Netherlands, H.E. Stenfert Kroe...