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    The lower critical solution temperature (LCST) or lower consolute temperature is the critical temperature below which the components of a mixture are...
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    The upper critical solution temperature (UCST) or upper consolute temperature is the critical temperature above which the components of a mixture are...
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    point at which cooling induces phase separation, and the lower critical solution temperature (LCST), which is the coldest point at which heating induces...
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  • molecules. For some systems this can lead to a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) or lower limiting temperature for phase separation. For example, triethylamine...
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    temperatures, either an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) or a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) exists. Research mainly focuses on polymers...
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    phase-separate. The upper critical solution temperature (UCST) and the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) are two critical temperatures, above which or...
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    Upper critical solution temperature – Critical temperature of miscibility in a mixture Lower critical solution temperature – Critical temperature below...
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  • however, when these solutions are heated in above their cloud point temperature, they undergo a reversible lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase transition...
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    opposite may hold true. Upper critical solution temperature Lower critical solution temperature Critical point Ideal solution Sherman, E; Haran G (2006)...
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  • concentration (CMC). Below the Krafft temperature, the maximum solubility of the surfactant will be lower than the critical micelle concentration, meaning micelles...
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    critical solution temperature phase transition (UCST), at which phase separation occurs with cooling, polymer mixtures commonly exhibit a lower critical solution...
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    predict the lower critical solution temperature observed in some polymer blends and the lack of dependence of the critical temperature T c {\displaystyle...
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    with temperature and concentration, and the binodal and spinodal meet at the critical or consolute temperature and composition. For binary solutions, the...
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    shows both a lower and an upper critical solution temperature: below around 49 °C (lower critical solution temperature), the liquids are completely miscible...
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    poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)s with core–shell morphology below the lower critical solution temperature". RSC Advances. 4 (92): 50932–50937. doi:10.1039/C4RA10076J...
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  • water at room temperature but precipitates reversibly from when the temperature is raised above its lower critical solution temperature (LCST), changing...
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    needed] Methyl cellulose has a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) between 40 °C and 50 °C.[citation needed] At temperatures below the LCST, it is readily...
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    microfluidic devices are mainly based on temperature-responsive polymers with lower critical solution temperature (LCST) characteristics, which are controlled...
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    hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups, so it has a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) at 45 °C. At temperatures below the LCST, HPC is readily soluble in...
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  • temperature where the three extremes coalesce and the system becomes fully miscible. This point is known as the upper critical solution temperature or...
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  • system. Several polymer systems respond to temperature, undergoing a lower critical solution temperature phase transition. One of the better-studied...
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    the polymer's ability to retain the ibuprofen above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST), and conversely, to dissolve below the LCST, thus...
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    solution temperature (UCST) or lower critical solution temperature (LCST). UCST polymers increase in their water-solubility at higher temperatures, which...
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  • The critical relative humidity (CRH) of a salt is defined as the relative humidity of the surrounding atmosphere (at a certain temperature) at which the...
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    a decreased volume phase transition temperature, the thin-film analogy of a lower critical solution temperature. These experimental studies are supported...
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    induced magnetism. The Curie temperature is named after Pierre Curie, who showed that magnetism is lost at a critical temperature. The force of magnetism is...
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    induced phase transition upon reaching either the upper or lower critical solution temperature. By definition, a crosslinked polymer gel is a macromolecule...
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  • active substances and electrolytes. Micelles only form above critical micelle temperature.[citation needed] For example, the value of CMC for sodium dodecyl...
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    a lower critical solution temperature of 57°C (compared to 27 °C for DIPA; the word lower indicates that the LCST is a lower bound to a temperature interval...
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    are often heated to a temperature that is just above the upper critical temperature, in order to prevent the grains of solution from growing too large...
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