Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor(a) principal: Gradišek, Anton
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Apih, Tomaž, Beira, Maria J., Cruz, Carlos, Fernandes, Susete N., Godinho, Helena M., Sebastião, Pedro J.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/150564
Resumo: AG and TA acknowledge the funding from Slovenian Research Agency, Basic core funding grant P1-0125. SNF, MGH acknowledge the FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology projects PIDDAC (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007688, Reference UIDB/50025/2020-2023). Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
id RCAP_ad6d6ff31fc8de6d7ff77ab1bed281de
oai_identifier_str oai:run.unl.pt:10362/150564
network_acronym_str RCAP
network_name_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository_id_str 7160
spelling Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquidsGeneralAG and TA acknowledge the funding from Slovenian Research Agency, Basic core funding grant P1-0125. SNF, MGH acknowledge the FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology projects PIDDAC (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007688, Reference UIDB/50025/2020-2023). Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).Local molecular ordering in liquids has attracted a lot of interest from researchers investigating crystallization, but is still poorly understood on the molecular scale. Classical nucleation theory (CNT), a macroscopic thermodynamic description of condensation, has shortcomings when dealing with clusters consisting of tens of molecules. Cluster formation and local order fluctuations in liquid media are difficult to study due to the limited spatial resolution of electron- and photon-imaging methods. We used NMR relaxometry to demonstrate the existence of dynamic clusters with short-range orientational order in nominally isotropic liquids consisting of elongated molecules. We observed clusters in liquids where the local ordering is driven by polar, steric, and hydrogen-bond interactions between the molecules. In the case of a liquid crystal, measuring the local orientational order fluctuations allowed us to observe the size of these clusters diverging when approaching the phase transition from the isotropic to the nematic phase. These fluctuations are described in terms of rotational elasticity as a consequence of the correlated reorientations of the neighbouring molecules. Our quantitative observations of the dynamic clusters in liquids, numbering about ten or fewer molecules, indicate that this is a general phenomenon in various types of liquids.DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos MateriaisCENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)RUNGradišek, AntonApih, TomažBeira, Maria J.Cruz, CarlosFernandes, Susete N.Godinho, Helena M.Sebastião, Pedro J.2023-03-14T22:43:42Z2022-122022-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/150564engGradišek, A., Apih, T., Beira, M. J., Cruz, C., Fernandes, S. N., Godinho, H. M., & Sebastião, P. J. (2022). Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids. Scientific Reports, 12(1), [22500]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27187-72045-2322PURE: 55644037https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27187-7info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:32:35Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/150564Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:54:11.171804Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids
title Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids
spellingShingle Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids
Gradišek, Anton
General
title_short Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids
title_full Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids
title_fullStr Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids
title_full_unstemmed Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids
title_sort Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids
author Gradišek, Anton
author_facet Gradišek, Anton
Apih, Tomaž
Beira, Maria J.
Cruz, Carlos
Fernandes, Susete N.
Godinho, Helena M.
Sebastião, Pedro J.
author_role author
author2 Apih, Tomaž
Beira, Maria J.
Cruz, Carlos
Fernandes, Susete N.
Godinho, Helena M.
Sebastião, Pedro J.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais
CENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gradišek, Anton
Apih, Tomaž
Beira, Maria J.
Cruz, Carlos
Fernandes, Susete N.
Godinho, Helena M.
Sebastião, Pedro J.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv General
topic General
description AG and TA acknowledge the funding from Slovenian Research Agency, Basic core funding grant P1-0125. SNF, MGH acknowledge the FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology projects PIDDAC (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007688, Reference UIDB/50025/2020-2023). Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
publishDate 2022
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2022-12
2022-12-01T00:00:00Z
2023-03-14T22:43:42Z
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10362/150564
url http://hdl.handle.net/10362/150564
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Gradišek, A., Apih, T., Beira, M. J., Cruz, C., Fernandes, S. N., Godinho, H. M., & Sebastião, P. J. (2022). Observing short-range orientational order in small-molecule liquids. Scientific Reports, 12(1), [22500]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27187-7
2045-2322
PURE: 55644037
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27187-7
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv 6
application/pdf
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron:RCAAP
instname_str Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron_str RCAAP
institution RCAAP
reponame_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
collection Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository.name.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1799138131249725440