Phase diagram of androsterol-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine mixtures dispersed in excess water

The effect of androsterol, whose structure resembles that of cholesterol but without the alkyl side chain, on the phase behavior of aqueous dispersions of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine has been studied to understand the role of the side chain played in the formation of ordered phases of the type observed in membrane rafts. Thermotropic changes in the structure of mixed dispersions and transition enthalpies have been examined by synchrotron X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry. From these results a partial phase diagram of the binary system has been constructed. The three-phase line is determined to be 34.5 degrees C, which is 3-5 degrees C lower than that observed in binary mixtures of cholesterol, ergosterol, or stigmasterol with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine. The proportions of androsterol in mixtures representing the "left end point" and "right end point" of the three-phase line are 11.1 and 30.9 mol %, respectively. These proportions are greater than that seen in phase diagrams of other sterols codispersed with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine. We conclude that androsterol is less effective in promoting the formation of an ordered phase, and furthermore, this ordered phase is less compact than the normal lamellar liquid-ordered phase.     

Adiabatic scanning calorimetry of the nematic-smectic A1 and the smectic A1–smectic A transitions in frustrated smectic mixtures at low temperatures

Abstract

Phase diagram results and high resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetric data are presented for several binary mixtures of 4-cyanocyclohexyl-4'-n-butyl-cyclohexane and 1 amino-9-fluorenone showing smectic A₁ and smectic à phases at low temperatures. Contrary to present theoretical expectations and experimental evidence for other systems, we find strongly first order nematic to smectic A₁ transitions with a latent heat of about 2 kJ/mol for all the mixtures investigated. The enthalpy change related to the smectic A₁ to smectic à transitions is two orders of magnitude smaller and corresponds most likely to a fluctuation induced first order transition.     

癸酸-十四烷酸二元体系的相变性能

以癸酸(CA)-十四烷酸(MA)二元体系的理论预测相图为指导, 测量了该体系不同组成超声波混合后的步冷曲线, 绘制了该体系的实验相图, 判断出最低共熔温度与组成范围; 采用DSC测试最低共熔组成的相变性能, 采用IR检测最低共熔组成300次热循环前后的波形变化. 实验结果表明, CA-MA二元体系最低共熔组成范围为(76%~82%)CA+(24%~18%)MA, 最低共熔温度为294.45 K, 最大过冷度为274.75 K, 相变过程中无分层现象; DSC和IR的测试结果表明, 组成为78%CA+22%MA的相变焓为149.02 J/g, 开始相变温度为292.80 K, 热稳定性好.     

Phase diagrams of binary mixtures of oppositely charged colloids

Phase diagrams of binary mixtures of oppositely charged colloids are calculated theoretically. The proposed mean-field-like formalism interpolates between the limits of a hard-sphere system at high temperatures and the colloidal crystals which minimize Madelung-like energy sums at low temperatures. Comparison with computer simulations of an equimolar mixture of oppositely charged, equally sized spheres indicate semiquantitative accuracy of the proposed formalism. We calculate global phase diagrams of binary mixtures of equally sized spheres with opposite charges and equal charge magnitude in terms of temperature, pressure, and composition. The influence of the screening of the Coulomb interaction upon the topology of the phase diagram is discussed. Insight into the topology of the global phase diagram as a function of the system parameters leads to predictions on the preparation conditions for specific binary colloidal crystals.     

Application of the wilson-equation to azeotropic mixtures

Stephan, K. and Wagner, W., 1985. Application of the Wilson-equation to azeotropic mixtures. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 19: 201-219. The Wilson model is appropriate to describe low pressure phase equilibria. For binary mixtures only two parameters are needed. A diagram was developed, based on the Wilson model, allowing us to distinguish azeotropic from nonazeotropic binary systems. To apply this diagram the Wilson constants, and in addition the vapour pressure or boiling temperature and the molar entropy of vaporization of the pure componentes must be known. A few examples for the application of the method are discussed.     

Phase Equilibria in the Binary System Lead Fluoride [PbF2]-Cadmium Fluoride [CdF2]

Phase dependences in the binary system lead fluoride [PbF₂]—cadmium fluoride [CdF₂] were examined and the phase diagram of this system was established. The occurrence of solid continuous solutions with a minimum melting point of 750°C and a CdF₂content of 35 mol% was confirmed. Thermal, dilatometric, microscopic and X-ray analytical methods were used during the investigations. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Creation of a nematic phase in mixtures of smectic A1 phases

Phase diagrams were determined for binary mixtures consisting of two 5-n-alkyl-2-(4'-isothiocyanatophenyl)-1,3-dioxane compounds (n-DBT) or 4'-isothio-cyanatophenyl 4-(trans-4'-n-decylcyclohexyl)benzoate and n-DBT. All compounds investigated have monolayer smectic A phases. A nematic phase in the upper temperature range and a nematic gap between two smectic regions also were observed, with the smectic layer spacing ratio, d/d', of 1.23 and 1.87 respectively. The variation of the enthalpy of transition with mixture composition in relation to changes of layer spacing ratio are also discussed for these systems.     

A new method of semigrand canonical ensemble to calculate first-order phase transitions for binary mixtures

First-order phase transitions of binary mixtures at the given pressure (P) and temperature (T) are studied by taking into account the composition fluctuations. Isothermal-isobaric semigrand canonical ensemble is adopted to find the relations among the total number of molecules, the composition fluctuations and Gibbs free energy density. By combining two identical subsystems of mixtures successively, the free energy density is transformed until being stable and its linear segments represent phase transitions. A new method is developed to calculate the phase equilibriums of binary mixtures. The method handles multiple types and number of phase equilibriums at single time and its solutions are physically justified. One example is shown for calculating the phase diagram of binary Lennard-Jones mixture. It demonstrates that the fluctuations of the total number of molecules in mixtures are fundamental behind phase transitions and the van der Waals loops in Gibbs free energy are reasonable.     

四氯合锌酸十六烷基铵-四氯合锌酸十八烷基铵二元体系亚固相相图

合成了具有层状结构的热致相变材料四氯合锌酸十六铵(n-C16H33NH3)2ZnCl4,C16Zn)和四氯合锌酸十八铵(n-C18H37NH3)2ZnCl4,C18Zn)(在340~370 K的温度范围内存在着焓值较大的可逆固-固相变)。 并将此2种材料在乙醇溶液中结晶出一系列二元体系。 对二元体系利用差热分析(DTA)和X射线衍射技术进行测定,构筑了C16ZnC18Zn二元体系亚固相相图。 根据相图,确定了w(C16Zn)=41.11%处有中间化合物(n-C16H33NH3)(n-C18H37NH3)ZnCl4的存在,并测定在w(C16Zn)=16.19%和w(C16Zn)=63.07% 2处存在着2个不变的共析点,2个共析点温度分别约为356和353 K。 与同类体系的其它相图相比,在此相图的左右边界存在端际固溶体（α和β）和中间区域存在非化学计量相（γ）。     

Phase behavior of binary mixtures composed of ethylene carbonate and various organic solvents

Phase behaviors of the binary mixtures composed of ethylene carbonate (EC) and aliphatic alcohols, ω-phenyl alcohols, and alkylbenzenes were investigated. In addition, heat of solution of EC into these organic solvents was measured. The EC/methanol and EC/ethanol systems gave homogeneous solution at the temperature above their liquidus lines, while the mixtures of EC and alcohols with longer alkyl chain showed a miscibility gap in a liquid phase and provided the monotectic-type phase diagram. The liquid–liquid phase separation region expanded with the increase in the alkyl chain length. A similar phase behavior was also observed for the mixtures of EC and alkylbenzenes. On the other hand, the EC mixtures with ω-phenyl alcohols showed no miscibility gap in a liquid phase at least up to 4-phenylbutan-1-ol which has C4 alkyl chain intervening between phenyl and hydroxyl groups. This result demonstrates that both of the hydroxyl and phenyl groups act to facilitate the mixing of aliphatic compounds with EC. The phase behavior of these EC mixtures was analyzed applying the modified regular solution model in which the pair interaction energy was regarded as free energy. The model calculation with the use of heat of solution of EC at infinite dilution as the pair interaction enthalpy reproduced well both of the experimentally obtained liquidus line and mutual solubility curve as well as monotectic point.     

YbCl3-MCln体系相图的研究(M=Li、Mg、Ca、Pb; n=1,2)

借助于DTA与X射线衍射法研究了YbCl_3-MCl_n(M=Li、Mg、Ca、Pb; n=1或2)二元体系相图．发现YbCl_3-LiCl体系相图属固液异组成型，有化合物Li_3YbCl_6生成，它在481 ℃有一相转变. 其无变点分别为x_(YbCl_s)＝0.410；526 ℃和x_(YbCl_3)=0.340，547 ℃；YbCl_3-MgCl_2属类转熔型相图，在富YbCl_3相区666 ℃有一尚不知其性质的热效应，为x_(YbCl_3)＝0.380，628 ℃；YbCl_3-CaCl_2和YbCl_3-PbCl_2体系皆属简单低共熔型相图，其低共溶点分别为x_(YbCl_3)＝0.530, 615 ℃和x_(YbCl_3)＝0.340, 415 ℃. 后者在固相下有一不稳定化合物PbYbCl_5生成，在392 ℃分解，同时探讨了相图的某些规律．     

Continuous thermoanalysis: the essence of the method and equipment

Phase transition of the water-sodium poly(styrenesulfonate)(NaPSS) system with various water contents (W_c) ranging from 0 to 2.00 (g/g) was evaluated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). In the temperatures from 120 to 320K, four kinds of transitions were observed for the water-NaPSS system quenching from 320K to 120K. They were glass transition, cold-crystallization, melting, and a new transition which was considered to be that from the meso-phase to the isotropic liquid phase. From the DSC data, the phase diagram of the water-NaPSS system was obtained. At the same time, W_c was related to the weight of water calculated from the enthalpy of melting (W_f). By the subtraction of W_f from W_c, the amount of non-freezing water was calculated to be 0.57–0.68 (g/g) depending on molecular weight of NaPSS.     

Hydration of dimethyldodecylamine-N-oxide: enthalpy and entropy driven processes

Dimethyldodecylamine-N-oxide (DDAO) has only one polar atom that is able to interact with water. Still, this surfactant shows very hydrophilic properties: in mixtures with water, it forms normal liquid crystalline phases and micelles. Moreover, there is data in the literature indicating that the hydration of this surfactant is driven by enthalpy while other studies show that hydration of surfactants and lipids typically is driven by entropy. Sorption calorimetry allows resolving enthalpic and entropic contributions to the free energy of hydration at constant temperature and thus directly determines the driving forces of hydration. The results of the present sorption calorimetric study show that the hydration of liquid crystalline phases of DDAO is driven by entropy, except for the hydration of the liquid crystalline lamellar phase which is co-driven by enthalpy. The exothermic heat effect of the hydration of the lamellar phase arises from formation of strong hydrogen bonds between DDAO and water. Another issue is the driving forces of the phase transitions caused by the hydration. The sorption calorimetric results show that the transitions from the lamellar to cubic and from the cubic to the hexagonal phase are driven by enthalpy. Transitions from solid phases to the liquid crystalline lamellar phase are entropically driven, while the formation of the monohydrate from the dry surfactant is driven by enthalpy. The driving forces of the transition from the hexagonal phase to the isotropic solution are close to zero. These sorption calorimetric results are in good agreement with the analysis of the binary phase diagram based on the van der Waals differential equation. The phase diagram of the DDAO-water system determined using DSC and sorption calorimetry is presented.     

Two-state and continuous phase transitions in lipid bilayers A time-resolved X-ray diffraction study

Structural changes associated with transition from one phase to another have been examined in several lipid-water systems using time-resolved X-ray diffraction methods. Two types of transition mechanism can be recognized on the basis of scattering originating from the packing of the hydrocarbon chains. Two-state transitions are characterized by coexistence of the wide-angle scattering patterns of the initial and final phases throughout the transition region. Continuous transitions, on the other hand, take place through a series of intermediate states that are believed to arise from deformation of the hydrocarbon chain lattice as one phase transforms into another. Two-state processes are observed as subgel to liquid crystal transitions, and continuous transformations are typical of subgel to gel phase transitions. Examples of these transition types are presented and other transitions that do not appear to conform to either of these mechanisms are described.     

内压与液体混合物的超额焓

本文在前文提出的通用液体混合模型的基础上, 对其中某些近似假设和混合规则进行了合理的修正, 从而得到了一个液体混合物的超额焓与组分内压间的关系式。对于正常液体混合物, 式中有两个可调的修正系数, 对于醇-烃混合物, 则有三个可调参数。对十六个二元液体混合物的计算结果表明, 关系式不仅能准确地描述一般液体混合物的超额焓随浓度的变化规律, 而且亦适用于具有S型H^E-x曲线的复杂液体混合物。     

Equilibrium phase behavior of the membrane forming water-DMSO-EVAL copolymer system

The equilibrium phase behavior of ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVAL) copolymer in mixtures of DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide, solvent) and water (nonsolvent) was studied for different temperatures. Both crystallization-induced gelation and liquid-liquid demixing were observed. From the determined phase diagram of this system at 25°C, three regions may be identified, i.e., a homogeneous region, a gel region, and binodal region in which both types of phase transition take place. At higher temperatures, crystallization isotherm was found to intersect the binodal phase boundary, which is analogous to the phase behavior reported by Stokes and Berghmans for several binary systems.     

MgO-P2O5和CaO-P2O5体系的热力学优化

基于严格评估的相图和热力学实验数据,采用相图计算方法对MgO-P₂O₅和CaO-P₂O₅体系进行热力学优化.液相采用修正的似化学模型进行描述,考虑了对近似处理液相中存在的短程有序.为了描述M₃(PO₄)₂(M = Mg, Ca)组分处的最大短程有序,将PO₄^3-当作液相中P₂O₅的基本组成单元.体系中所有的中间相都看作线性化合物并考虑了晶型转变.获得一套合理、可靠、自洽的模型参数用来描述体系中各相的热力学性质,在实验误差范围内很好地重现了相图、焓、熵和活度实验数据,为炼钢脱磷过程中熔渣体系热力学数据库的建立打下了坚实的基础.     

Solid-liquid phase equilibria of binary salt hydrate mixtures involving ammonium alum

Summary The solid-liquid phase diagrams of binary mixtures of ammonium alum with ammonium iron(III) alum, with aluminum nitrate nonahydrate and with ammonium nitrate and of aluminum sulfate hexadecahydrate with aluminum nitrate nonahydrate are presented. The alum rich branches of the former three-phase diagrams were fitted by the Ott equation. The specific enthalpy of fusion/freezing of some compositions of the former three mixtures was determined by differential drop calorimetry.     

新戊二醇-三羟甲基甲胺二元体系相图

多元醇是一类具有技术和经济潜力的相变贮热材料［１ -３］．对多元醇及其二元体系贮热性能的研究已日趋完善,而对于其相图的研究则较少．本文采用以下三种实验技术测绘了ＮＰＧ ＴＡＭ二元体系相图：（１）热分析,以得到组成与相转变温度的关系;（２）变温红外光谱的研究,通过特征吸收峰随温度的变化,可以得到相转变温度区间,辅助相图的绘制;（３）Ｘ射线衍射,通过淬冷的方法来获得高温下的物相,测其Ｘ衍射图,进行相区分析．１实验１．１试剂ＮＰＧ：为超纯试剂,日本东京化成株式工业会社生产：ＴＡＭ：分析纯,北京化学试剂厂…     

Differential scanning calorimetric study of phase changes in poly(ethylene glycol) dodecyl ether-water systems

Phase changes in binary systems of poly(ethylene glycol) dodecyl ethers, C₁₂H₂₅(OC₂H₄)_xOH (x=5, 6 and 8) with water have been studied between –40 to 100 C by differential scanning calorimetry. A number of transitions, including the liquidliquid phase separation, were seen and the transition temperatures and enthalpy changes were determined. The observed temperatures were generally in good agreement with reported phase diagrams. In the C₁₂E₅ system, three of the four three-phase lines were seen and a more complete phase diagram is suggested for the water-rich part of the system. Most of the phase changes seen above 0 C are accompanied by small endothermic enthalpy changes of 0.7 to 0.9 kJ (mol C₁₂E_x)^–1, independent of system studied, type of transition and transition temperature. Water-rich solutions and liquid crystalline phases separate upon freezing into ice and crystals of hydrated amphiphile. Eutectics are developed at the following temperatures and compositions: C₁₂E₅ –3.0 C and 54 wt % C₁₂E₅; Q₂E₆ –4.5 C and 54 wt % C₁₂E₆, C₁₂E₈ –3.8 C and 49 wt % C₁₂E₈.