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Methods of Ex Situ and In Situ Investigations of Structural Transformations: The Case of Crystallization of Metallic Glasses
Published on: June 7, 2018
Molecular aggregation by hydrogen bonding in cold-crystallization behavior of mixed nucleobases analyzed by
Akinori Honda1, Ryo Nozawa1, Kazuo Miyamura1
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science 1-3 Kagurazaka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan honda-akinori@rs.tus.ac.jp miyamura@rs.tus.ac.jp.
Abstract:
The cold-crystallization behaviors of dodecyl-substituted nucleobases (adenine, uracil, and thymine) were analyzed. The dodecyl derivative from uracil alone did not exhibit cold crystallization; however, a mixture of adenine and uracil derivatives at a molar ratio of 1 : 1 exhibited cold crystallization. These results are similar to the thermal behavior of dodecyl derivatives of adenine and thymine alone and in mixtures reported in a previous study. Temperature-controlled infrared spectroscopy was used to observe the molecular assembly states of the liquid, supercooled state, and cold-crystallized compounds. Hydrogen-bonded molecular pairs in the high-temperature liquid state, multiple hydrogen-bonded networks in the supercooled state, and reverse Hoogsteen-type complementary hydrogen bonds in cold-crystallized compounds were observed using infrared spectroscopy. The heterogeneity of the system, due to multiple types of hydrogen bonding, retarded the crystallization rate, resulting in supercooling and cold crystallization. Infrared spectroscopy, which can be used to measure the aggregation state of molecules, including the liquid and supercooled states, is an effective analytical method for clarifying the process of cold crystallization.
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