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Confocal Imaging of Confined Quiescent and Flowing Colloid-polymer Mixtures
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2014
Confocal microscopy is used to image quiescent and flowing colloid-polymer mixtures, which are studied as model systems for attractive suspensions. Image analysis algorithms are used to calculate structural and dynamic metrics for the colloidal particles that measure changes due to geometric confinement.
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Fabrication of Spatially Confined Complex Oxides
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2013
We describe the use of pulsed laser deposition (PLD), photolithography and wire-bonding techniques to create micrometer scale complex oxides devices. The PLD is utilized to grow epitaxial thin films. Photolithography and wire-bonding techniques are introduced to create practical devices for measurement purposes.
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Phase Behavior of Charged Vesicles Under Symmetric and Asymmetric Solution Conditions Monitored with Fluorescence Microscopy
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2017
Experiments on phase separated giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) frequently neglect physiological solution conditions. This work presents approaches to study the effect of high-salinity buffer on liquid-liquid phase separation in charged multicomponent GUVs as a function of trans-membrane solution asymmetry and temperature.
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Creating Two-Dimensional Patterned Substrates for Protein and Cell Confinement
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2011
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) formed from long chain alkane thiols on gold provide well-defined substrates for the formation of protein patterns and cell confinement. Microcontact printing of hexadecanethiol using a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp followed by backfilling with a glycol-terminated alkane thiol monomer produces a pattern where protein and cells adsorb only to the stamped hexadecanethiol region.
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In Situ Visualization of the Phase Behavior of Oil Samples Under Refinery Process Conditions
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2017
This article describes a setup and method for the in situ visualization of oil samples under a variety of temperature and pressure conditions that aim to emulate refining and upgrading processes. It is primarily used for studying isotropic and anisotropic media involved in the fouling behavior of petroleum feeds.
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Surface interactions can change how molecules arrange and how strongly they associate with the walls of a pore, channel, film, or droplet. These effects alter nucleation, crystallization, melting, and freezing by modifying the local chemical environment. As a result, a confined substance may transition at a different temperature or adopt a structure that is uncommon in the bulk phase.
Restricted spaces limit molecular movement, which can affect how quickly molecules reorganize into ordered or separated phases. Reduced mobility may influence nucleation and crystallization, while also changing how fluids organize and move through the confined region. In chemistry, this helps explain why phase transitions and transport can differ substantially from behavior observed in larger, unrestricted samples.
Pore geometry determines the available space and the relationship between molecules and surrounding surfaces. Narrow, differently shaped, or otherwise restricted regions can impose distinct organizational conditions, so melting, freezing, crystallization, and transport need not follow bulk behavior. Geometry therefore acts alongside surface interactions and molecular mobility to control which phases or structures are favored.
A conceptual workflow compares the same substance under bulk and restricted conditions while considering pore, channel, film, or droplet dimensions. Researchers then examine how surface interactions, geometry, and molecular mobility relate to nucleation, crystallization, melting, freezing, and fluid organization. This comparison can reveal shifted transition temperatures, stabilized structures, or altered transport behavior.
Porous materials, biological compartments, and microfluidic systems provide important settings because their spaces restrict substances and create strong surface or geometric effects. Examining these environments connects molecular organization with practical chemical behavior. The resulting understanding supports work on catalysts, separation media, sensors, and energy-storage materials, where confinement can influence phase stability and transport.
Observing confinement-related shifts and structural changes can show how a material's environment controls phase stability, crystallization, melting, freezing, and transport. Chemists can use that information to understand performance in porous or microstructured systems. It is particularly relevant when developing catalysts, separation media, sensors, or energy-storage materials whose function depends on organized substances in restricted spaces.