A novel kind of spherical cellulose nanocrystal (SCNC) suspension was prepared by hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose with a mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid under ultrasonic treatment. The mechanism of SCNC formation and the liquid crystalline properties of their suspensions were investigated. A suspension of spherical particles was usually inclined to form crystallization c...

In a multicomponent nematic liquid crystal (NLC) mixture of a liquid crystal (negative-type NLC) and a photosensitive acrylic prepolymer, photopolymerization upon UV irradiation induces the separation of the LC and photosensitive acrylic prepolymer layers, thereby leading to a vertical arrangement of LC molecules. In this study, we propose a simple vertical alignment method for LC molecules, by...

We present dynamical density functional theory results for the time evolution of the density distribution of a sedimenting model two-dimensional binary mixture of colloids. The interplay between the bulk phase behaviour of the mixture, its interfacial properties at the confining walls, and the gravitational field gives rise to a rich variety of equilibrium and non-equilibrium morphologies. In t...

This article refers to:Formation of Lyotropic Micellar Nematic Phase in Binary Mixture Liquid Crystals

A simple, selective and accurate reversed-phase high pressure liquid chromatogaphic method with UV detection at 274 nm has been developed for the determination of famotidine in human plasma. The procedure employed ranitidine as an internal standard (IS). A good chromatographic separation between famotidine, internal standard and interfering endogenous peaks was achieved using a a C18 column and...

in this research, tested factors were margarine types (contractive effects between types of oils in base of margarine such as palm super olein – partially hydrogenated canola oil – 50:50 mixture of palm super olein and partially hydrogenated canola oil and liquid canola) and different moisture (16-8-4%) as the first factor and heating time is the second factor. every margarines spend 3 times he...

A simple and environmentally benign procedure for the synthesis of 14-aryl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes by a one-pot condensation of 2-naphthol with aromatic aldehyde in the presence of [Et3NH][HSO4] as an acidic ionic liquid catalyst under solvent-free conditions has been developed. The reaction work-up is very simple and the catalyst can be easily separated from the reaction mixture and reused s...

Lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase transition of glycol ether (GE)-water mixtures induces an abrupt change in osmotic pressure driven by a mild temperature change. The temperature-controlled osmotic change was applied for the forward osmosis (FO) desalination. Among three GEs evaluated, di(ethylene glycol) n-hexyl ether (DEH) was selected as a potential FO draw solute. A DEH-water...

A mixture of tetra-n-butylphosphonium benzimidazolate and benzimidazole is readily prepared as a proton conductive liquid having thermal stability up to 300 °C.

An imidazolium-based zwitterion containing two oxyethylene units was obtained as a colorless liquid at room temperature. The equimolar mixture of the liquid zwitterion and lithium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide showed an ionic conductivity of over 10(-4) S cm(-1) at 80 °C, which was higher than those of mixtures composed of analogous solid zwitterions.