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High shear spheroidal topological fluid flow induced coating of polystyrene beads with C₆₀ spicules

Author:
Matt Jellicoe, Kasturi Vimalanathan, Jason R. Gascooke, Xuan Luo, Colin L. Raston
Source:
Chemical communications 2021 v.57 no.46 pp. 5638-5641
ISSN:
1364-548X
Subject:
fullerene, polystyrenes, thermodynamics, toluene, topology
Abstract:
Spheroidal spicular like topological fluid flow in an angled vortex fluidic device (VFD) housing a 20 mm diameter tube with a hemispherical base rotating at 4k rpm and tilted at 45° is effective in reducing the thermodynamic equilibrium concentration of fullerene C₆₀ in toluene, with the formation of spicules of the material under continuous flow processing. Under the same operational conditions in the presence of polystyrene beads 2 to 6 μm in diameter, spicules of C₆₀ca. 150 nm in length grow on their surfaces. This establishes that the spheroidal topological fluid flow in the VFD prevails while enveloping spheroidal like particles of such size.
Agid:
7409476