Pre-nucleation aggregation based on solvent microheterogeneity?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC01455A

Abstract

Investigation into pre-nucleation aggregates indicating hydrate formation of caffeine and theophylline in aqueous acetonitrile showed hydrate crystallisation at much lower water fraction than significant solute self-association. Molecular dynamics simulations indicate that the solvent separates on the molecular scale and that solute molecules preferentially localise on the phase interface.

Graphical abstract: Pre-nucleation aggregation based on solvent microheterogeneity
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