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Heat dissipation in a plasmonic nanostructure is generally assumed to be ruled only by its own optical response even though also the temperature should be considered for determining the actual energy-to-heat conversion. Indeed, temperature influences the optical response of the nanostructure by affecting its absorption efficiency. Here, we show both theoretically and experimentally how, by properly nanopatterning a metallic surface, it is possible to increase or decrease the light-to-heat conversion rate depending on the temperature of the system. In particular, by borrowing the concept of matching condition from the classical antenna theory, we first analytically demonstrate how the temperature sets a maximum value for the absorption efficiency and how this quantity can be tuned, thus leading to a temperature-controlled optical heat dissipation. In fact, we show how the nonlinear dependence of the absorption on the electron-phonon damping can be maximized at a specific temperature, depending on the system geometry. In this regard, experimental results supported by numerical calculations are presented, showing how geometrically different nanostructures can lead to opposite dependence of the heat dissipation on the temperature, hence suggesting the fascinating possibility of employing plasmonic nanostructures to tailor the light-to-heat conversion rate of the system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The isobaric and isochoric heat capacities of seven 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imides, two 1-alkyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imides, and two bis(1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium) tetrathiocyanatocobaltates were determined at atmospheric pressure in the temperature range from 293.15 to 323.15 K. The isobaric heat capacities were determined by means of differential scanning calorimetry, whereas isochoric heat capacities were determined along with isothermal compressibilities indirectly by means of the acoustic method from the speed of sound and density measurements. Based on the experimental data, as expected, the isobaric heat capacity increases linearly with increasing alkyl chain length in the cation of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imides and no odd and even carbon number effect is observed. After critical comparison of the obtained data with the available literature data, the most reliable values are recommended. It has been also shown that, although the COSMOthermX calculations underestimated the isobaric heat capacity values whatever the temperature and the ionic liquid structure, the approach used during this work may be applied to estimate physical properties of non-single-charged ions as well. Additionally, based on the speeds of sound the thermal conductivities were calculated using a modified Bridgman relation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Here, we presented a novel industrial application for membrane distillation (MD) in a pharmaceutical production facility's wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Two semicommercial air gap MD module designs (Xzero and Elixir500) were studied for comparison, with experimental results of product yield and heat demand up-scaled for inclusion in system simulations. District heating was considered to drive the 3 m3/h capacity MD process, with heat recovery employed in various process streams and for heating purposes in offices. The selected configurations show a high degree of thermal integration with an increase of yearly district heating purchases of 2-13%. Economic assessments of the full-scale MD system indicate that unit costs of purification would be $1.3/m3 and $7/m3 for Elixier500 and Xzero MD modules, respectively. Module heat losses should be considered in the future design of MD systems since the heat demand contributed to up to 77% of the specific costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We report on the fabrication of a siloxane-encapsulated quantum dot (QD) film (QD-silox film), which exhibits stable emission intensity for over 1 month even at elevated temperature and humidity. QD-silox films are solidified via free radical addition reaction between oligosiloxane resin and ligand molecules on QDs. We prepare the QD-oligosiloxane resin by sol-gel condensation reaction of silane precursors with QDs blended in the precursor solution, forgoing ligand-exchange of QDs. The resulting QD-oligosiloxane resin remains optically clear after 40 days of storage, in contrast to other QD-containing resins which turn turbid and ultimately form sediments. QDs also disperse uniformly in the QD-silox film, whose photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (QY) remains nearly unaltered under harsh conditions; for example, 85 °C/5% relative humidity (RH), 85 °C/85% RH, strongly acidic, and strongly basic environments for 40 days. The QD-silox film appears to remain equally emissive even after being immersed into boiling water (100 °C). Interestingly, the PL QY of the QD-silox film noticeably increases when the film is exposed to a moist environment, which opens a new, facile avenue to curing dimmed QD-containing films. Given its excellent stability, we envision that the QD-silox film is best suited in display applications, particularly as a PL-type down-conversion layer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes selected thermophysical properties of the newly obtained paramagnetic inky, opaque ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetraisothiocyanato-cobaltate(II) ((BMIm)2[Co(NCS)4]). Some properties of the homologous ionic liquid (IL), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetraisothiocyanato-cobaltate(II) ((EMIm)2[Co(NCS)4]), have been presented earlier and are discussed here together with those for (BMIm)2[(Co(NCS)4]. On the basis of experimental densities, kinematic viscosities, conductivities, and surface tensions, some additional parameters have been determined, i.e., expansivity coefficients and surface thermodynamic properties. The influence of structural variation in the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium cation is also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ability of simple classical force fields to predict the structure and density of ionic liquids is now well-established. However, it is less clear how accurate such force fields are for a range of other pure and mixture properties of ionic liquids. In this work, a single classical force field is used to compute a wide range of thermodynamic and transport properties for the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate ([emim][EtSO4]). In addition to liquid densities, the volumetric expansivity, heat capacity, enthalpy of vaporization, rotational relaxation time, self-diffusivity, shear viscosity, and thermal conductivity are computed at various temperatures for the pure ionic liquid. The density, excess molar volume, enthalpy of mixing, partial molar enthalpy, water solubility as a function of partial pressure, rotational relaxation time, self-diffusivity, shear viscosity, and thermal conductivity are also computed for mixtures that contain different concentrations of water at various temperatures. The agreement between simulations and experiment is fair for most properties, although deviations in enthalpy of mixing, viscosity, and self-diffusivity are often large. It is shown that much of the error for mixtures with water likely is due to neglect of the water polarizability, which results in too strong of an attraction between water and the [EtSO4] anion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A fiber-optic probe is developed for the fast, in-situ measurement of volumetric expansion of multiphase and multicomponent systems. An experiment with the binary mixtures of CO2−toluene and CO2−ethanol was conducted to demonstrate the usefulness of the fiber-optic probe in accurately tracking the isothermal volumetric expansion as a function of pressure. In the 1-L autoclave that has been used, the probe was shown to detect the liquid level height within a precision of 0.35% of the total height of the vessel. The results for the volumetric expansion of toluene and ethanol with CO2correlate well with those found in the literature. The probe itself can be used up to pressures of 140 barg and temperatures of 120 °C. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Demonstrates the expansion of the cubic structure of the Prussian blue. Sensitivity of the reactions to the cluster chalcogen element, countercation and reactant concentrations; Identification of an isotypic framework within the structure; Potential of the framework and expanded cavities for utility in absorbing large cationic complexes.