Repozytorium

Shift of the critical mixing temperature in strong electric fields. Theory and experiment.

Autorzy

Kazimierz Orzechowski

Mariusz Adamczyk

Alicja Wolny

Yoav Tsori

Rok wydania

2014

Czasopismo

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Numer woluminu

118

Strony

7187-7194

DOI

10.1021/jp503654e

Kolekcja

Naukowa

Język

Angielski

Typ publikacji

Artykuł

Streszczenie

We study the shift in the critical temperature Tc in binary mixtures in strong electric fields. In experiments we measure the nonlinear dielectric effect (NDE) in a mixture of nitrobenze and n-octane and calculate Piekara’s factor. We find that the critical anomaly of Piekara’s factor is a function of an electric field strength. We propose to explain this observation as a result of a downward shift of Tc, and this allows us to calculate (∂Tc/∂E2) = (−22 ± 10) × 10–16 (K m2)/V2. In the theoretical part we amend Landau and Lifshitz’s formula and show that the downward shift of Tc can be estimated from a simple mean-field theory taking into account the linear and quadratic terms in an expansion of the constitutive relation ε(x) between the electric constant ε and mixture composition x.

Adres publiczny

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp503654e

Strona internetowa wydawcy

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html

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