Issue 4, 2021

Emulsions of miscible solvents: the origin of anti-solvent crystallization

Abstract

Emulsions are typically formed in a mixture of immiscible liquids. However, emulsion particles are also found upon mixing miscible liquids. In this paper, we suggest that emulsion particles are formed by ethanol mixed into toluene, as detected via dynamic light-scattering and small-angle X-ray scattering spectroscopy measurements. Furthermore, the addition of ethanol into a homogeneous fullerene solution (C70/toluene) also forms emulsion particles. The emulsion particles could provide a space in which crystallization of C70 occurs via anti-solvent crystallization (ASC). The size change of the emulsion particles through coalescence and shrinkage processes, which depend on the amount of ethanol, explains the change of crystallization environment until a supersaturation state is reached. It is believed to be the previously undiscovered key indicator of the ASC mechanism prior to nucleation.

Graphical abstract: Emulsions of miscible solvents: the origin of anti-solvent crystallization

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Jul 2020
Accepted
12 Dec 2020
First published
14 Dec 2020

CrystEngComm, 2021,23, 777-782

Emulsions of miscible solvents: the origin of anti-solvent crystallization

Y. Park, K. Song and H. C. Choi, CrystEngComm, 2021, 23, 777 DOI: 10.1039/D0CE01088J

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