Search results for "Phase Transition"

No Label Required: Protein Binding at Membrane Interfaces Visualized through Colloid Phase Transitions

2004

Phase transitions in a colloidal dispersion flowing through a cylindrical capillary

2008

The flow of a charged-stabilized colloidal dispersion of crystalline equilibrium structure through a cylindrical capillary is investigated. The simultaneous existence of up to three differently ordered states is observed under conditions of stationary flow. The evolution of their concentric arrangement along the capillary is determined by Bragg microscopy. For sufficient low fluxes, stationary phase distributions are obtained. While the apparent viscosity is non-monotonous and non-Newtonian, the corresponding velocity profiles are found to be piecewise parabolic and are compatible to numerical calculations. Furthermore, we test the assumption of a constant yield stress determining the radia…

High temperature neutron diffraction study of sodium di-tin tri-phosphate

1992

Abstract High temperature high resolution neutron diffraction study of the crystal chemistry of NaSn 2 (PO 4 ) 3 has been completed, at four different temperatures, applying the Rietveld method to the experimental neutron diffraction profile of a synthetic crystalline powder. Below the phase transition (∼860 K) the space group has been determined to be R3 which changes to R3c in the high temperature phase. No chemical bond breaks through the transition. The change in temperature makes the SnO 6 polyhedra rotate around the three fold axis in both structures. The PO 4 polyhedra rotate strictly around the two fold axis in the high temperature phase, but around the [0001] direction in the low t…

Structure and properties of 2-cyanopyridinium perchlorate [2-CNPyH][ClO4]

2006

The crystal structure of 2-cyanopyridinium perchlorate, [2-CNPyH][ClO4], has been determined at 100 (phase II) and 293 K (phase I). It is monoclinic P 21 at 100 K and orthorhombic P 212121 at 293 K. The dynamic properties of the crystal were studied by differential scanning calorimetry, dilatometry, pyroelectric, dielectric, proton (1H NMR), chlorine (35Cl NMR) magnetic resonance spectroscopies and the infrared method. The crystal undergoes a structural phase transition () at 170 K characterized by a complex mechanism involving both 'order–disorder' and 'displacive' contributions. It reveals pyroelectric properties below 170 K. The dielectric relaxation existing over phase I is due to the m…

Semi-empirical calculations of the Nb-ion positions in doped crystals

1998

The atomic and electronic structures of Nb impurities in doped perovskite KTaO3 crystals are calculated using the semi-empirical quantum chemical method of the intermediate neglect of the differential overlap (INDO) and a supercell model. When seven Ta ions are replaced by seven Nb ions, the latter clearly demonstrate self-ordering effects which are related to the experimentally observed impurity-induced phase transition. A single Nb impurity reveals an off-centre displacement which is very close to that found in XAFS experiments. The relevant energy gain is very small, approximately 0.0375 eV, which is much smaller than the Nb-clustering energy gain (0.12 eV). These results led us to the c…

Quantum effects and orientational ordering in adsorbed layers of linear molecules

1994

We study the influence of quantum fluctuations on the herringbone transition in adsorbed complete √3-mono-layers of diatomic molecules. Using Path-Integral Monte Carlo simulations for rotations, we can quantify the shift of the transition temperature for a highly realistic model to describe N2 on graphite. In addition, the zero-point motion of the librating molecules depresses the ground-state order parameter. We compare the benchmark data to quadratic Feynman-Hibbs effective potential simulations and to a quasiharmonic approximation. Using a simplified model for this transition, we study systematically quantum effects being relevant for lighter molecules. Depending on the rotator's rotatio…

On structural phase transitions in piperidinium halogenoantimonates(III) and bismuthates(III): X-ray, calorimetric, dilatometric, dielectric and Rama…

2000

Abstract Three piperidinium analogues: (C5H10NH2)2BiCl5, (C5H10NH2)2BiBr5 and (C5H10NH2)2SbBr5 have been studied by means of differential scanning calorimetry, thermal expansion, dielectric and Raman scattering techniques. Each piperidinium salt undergoes one high-temperature structural phase transition, which has been classified as an “order–disorder” type. All transitions are connected with onset of reorientational motion of the organic cations. The X-ray studies on (C5H10NH2)2BiCl5 show that it crystallises in orthorhombic Pna21 space group. The structure has been refined to R=0.0336. It consists of one-dimensional (BiCl52−)n polyanionic chains and two non-equivalent piperidinium cations…

Polymorphs and Hydrates of Sequifenadine Hydrochloride: Crystallographic Explanation of Observed Phase Transitions and Thermodynamic Stability

2017

In this study, detailed analysis of crystal structures was used to rationalize the observed stability and phase transformations of sequifenadine hydrochloride polymorphs and hydrates, as well as to understand the observed structural diversity. The performed polymorph and hydrate screening revealed the existence of six polymorphs and four hydrates. Crystal structures of these phases were determined either from single crystal or from powder diffraction data. The different possibilities for packing of sequifenadine cations were found to be the main reason for the observed structural diversity of polymorphs. The hydrate structures were found to be structurally similar and related to those of pa…

Synthesis of chloroantimonates(III) with selected organic cations. X-ray studies of phase transition in ferroelectric tris(trimethylammonium) nonachl…

2004

Abstract The dependence of molar ratio of reactants on the formula, crystal structure and physicochemical properties of chloroantimonates(III) with different organic cations was studied. It was proved, that the compounds show preferences in crystallization of one product. The changes of the molar ratio of substrates lead to the corresponding changes of these components in crystallized products. The structure of ferroelectric chloroantimonate(III), [(CH3)3NH]3[Sb2Cl9], was determined at 165 and 95 K. It crystallizes in monoclinic space group Pc: a=9.9612(11), b=9.0714(8), c=15.1807(14) A, β=90.086(8)°, R1=0.0202, wR2=0.0405 and a=9.9138(10), b=9.0783(7), c=15.1299(14) A, β=90.026(8)°, R1=0.0…

Nature of the phase transition in spin crossover compounds

1990

Abstract Starting from the phenomenological free energy describing the spin equilibrium of continuous or gradual high spin (HS) ⇌ low spin (LS) transitions a reduced equation of state has been derived which is of the type known in mean field theories. The continuous HS ⇌ LS transitions of [Fe(2-pic-ND 2 ) 3 ]Cl 2 ·EtOD (2-pic = 2-picolylamine) at ambient pressure and p = 1200 bar and of [Fe(2-pic) 3 ]Cl 2 -MeOH can be classified as isobars above the critical point of the system. Around and below the critical point a complex behaviour is expected for thermodynamic reasons combined with the consequences of an elastic interaction mechanism between the HS and LS complex molecules in the crystal…