TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermodynamic stability condition can judge whether a nanoparticle dispersion can be considered a solution in a single phase
AU - Shimizu, Seishi
AU - Matubayasi, Nobuyuki
N1 - © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Establishing that a nanoparticle dispersion can, in fact, be treated as a solution has an important practical ramification, namely the application of solubility theories for solvent selection. However, what distinguishes a solution and dispersion has remained ambiguously understood. Based on the recent progress in statistical thermodynamics on multiple-component solutions, here we establish the condition upon which a nanoparticle dispersion can be considered a single-phased solution. We shall provide experimental evidence already found in the literature showing the solution nature of nanoparticle dispersions.
AB - Establishing that a nanoparticle dispersion can, in fact, be treated as a solution has an important practical ramification, namely the application of solubility theories for solvent selection. However, what distinguishes a solution and dispersion has remained ambiguously understood. Based on the recent progress in statistical thermodynamics on multiple-component solutions, here we establish the condition upon which a nanoparticle dispersion can be considered a single-phased solution. We shall provide experimental evidence already found in the literature showing the solution nature of nanoparticle dispersions.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.04.101
DO - 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.04.101
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-9797
VL - 575
SP - 472
EP - 479
JO - JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
JF - JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
ER -