OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 1000, FI-02015 TKK http://www.tkk.fi Author Tiina Marjatta Komulainen Name of the dissertation Novel modeling and control approach for performance improvement of an industrial copper solvent extraction process Manuscript submitted 21.5.2007 Manuscript revised 9.10.2007 Date of the defence 30.11.2007 Monograph Article dissertati...

An automated, continuous flow droplet screening system is presented, enabling real-time simultaneous solvent and continuous variable optimization. An optimal design of experiments strategy is applied to the alkylation of 1,2-diaminocyclohexane in 16 μL droplets, with scale-up demonstrated. Analysis of segmented flow results suggests correlation of yield with solvent hydrogen bond basicity.

A detailed investigation of the self-assembly behaviour of C3-symmetrical tricarboxamides reveals that a larger π-conjugated core does not increase the stability of assemblies in an apolar solvent but makes the system more sensitive to destabilization by addition of a good solvent.

We describe the clinical evaluation of the nervous-system effects of solvent exposure. We review the current evidence in the epidemiological literature on neurotoxicological effects of solvents, and outline methods and issues to be taken into account in assessment of the patient whose symptoms may be related to solvent toxicity. Primary prevention of these disorders is essential, because treatm...

A binary solvent mixture close to critical demixing experiences fluctuations whose correlation length, ξ, diverges as the critical point is approached. The solvent-mediated (SM) interaction that arises between a pair of colloids immersed in such a near-critical solvent can be long-ranged and this so-called critical Casimir interaction is well-studied. How a (dense) suspension of colloids will s...

The proper estimation of the influence of the many-body dynamic solvent microstructure on a pairwise electrostatic interaction (PEI) at the protein-solvent interface is very important for solving many biophysical problems. In this work, the PEI energy was calculated for a system that models the interface between a protein and an aqueous solvent. The concept of nonlocal electrostatics for interf...

Atomistic simulations are used to characterize the molecular dynamics (MD) of alkyl chains with different functionalizations in different water/acetonitrile mixtures (80/20 and 50/50). Starting from fully equilibrated solvent systems (flat density profile for both components), microheterogeneous structuring of the solvent in the chromatographic system is found for both mixtures. Depending on th...