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The liquid structure of the solvents dimethylformamide (DMF) and dimethylacetamide (DMA)

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Title: The liquid structure of the solvents dimethylformamide (DMF) and dimethylacetamide (DMA)
Authors: Basma, N
Cullen, PL
Clancy, AJ
Shaffer, MSP
Skipper, NT
Headen, TF
Howard, CA
Item Type: Journal Article
Abstract: The liquid structure of the commonly used solvents dimethylformamide (DMF) and dimethylacetamide (DMA)were measured using state-of-the-art state neutron diffraction augmented with isotopic substitution (NDIS) and interpreted with empirical potential structure refinement (EPSR). Both solvents are found to develop rich local ordering with similar local packing densities, though with differences related to their three-dimensional molecular structure. While DMF’s dipole preferentially orientates anti-parallel to maximise hydrogen bonding, DMA favours parallel arrangement maximising non-directional dispersive forces. The highly-developed local orientational structure found in these solvents rationalises their ability to solvate a range of charged and neutral nanomaterials and highlights that the understanding of nanomaterial dispersions is a multi-body problem in which the geometry of the molecule, as well its dipole moment, must be incorporated.
Issue Date: 15-Aug-2019
Date of Acceptance: 8-May-2019
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/81435
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1649494
ISSN: 0026-8976
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Start Page: 3353
End Page: 3363
Journal / Book Title: Molecular Physics: An International Journal at the Interface Between Chemistry and Physics
Volume: 117
Issue: 22
Copyright Statement: © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Physical
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Chemistry
Physics
Liquid structure
neutron scattering
aprotic solvent
dimethylacetamide
dimethylformamide
WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES
REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION
NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION
POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS
DISPERSION
CRYSTALS
N,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE
SOLUBILITY
PEPTIDES
DYNAMICS
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Physical
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Chemistry
Physics
Liquid structure
neutron scattering
aprotic solvent
dimethylacetamide
dimethylformamide
WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES
REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION
NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION
POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS
DISPERSION
CRYSTALS
N,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE
SOLUBILITY
PEPTIDES
DYNAMICS
Chemical Physics
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
0307 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Publication Status: Published
Open Access location: https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2019.1649494
Online Publication Date: 2019-08-16
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