論文

査読有り 国際誌
2015年12月14日

Time-resolved X-ray Tracking of Expansion and Compression Dynamics in Supersaturating Ion-Networks.

Scientific reports
  • Y Matsushita
  • ,
  • H Sekiguchi
  • ,
  • K Ichiyanagi
  • ,
  • N Ohta
  • ,
  • K Ikezaki
  • ,
  • Y Goto
  • ,
  • Y C Sasaki

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開始ページ
17647
終了ページ
17647
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/srep17647

Supersaturation of a solution system is a metastable state containing more solute than can be normally solubilized. Moreover, this condition is thermodynamically important for a system undergoing a phase transition. This state plays critical roles in deposition morphology in inorganic, organic, polymer and protein solution systems. In particular, microscopic solution states under supersaturated conditions have recently received much attention. In this report, we observed the dynamic motion of individual ion-network domains (INDs) in a supersaturated sodium acetate trihydrate solution (6.4 M) by using microsecond time-resolved and high accuracy (picometre scale) X-ray observations (diffracted X-ray tracking; DXT). We found that there are femto-Newton (fN) anisotropic force fields in INDs that correspond to an Angstrom-scale relaxation process (continuous expansion and compression) of the INDs at 25 μs time scale. The observed anisotropic force-field (femto-Newton) from DXT can lead to new explanations of how material crystallization is triggered. This discovery could also influence the interpretation of supercooling, bio-polymer and protein aggregation processes, and supersaturated systems of many other materials.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17647
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26658326
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677280
URL
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep17647
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/srep17647
  • PubMed ID : 26658326
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC4677280

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