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Single-component substance has 2 liquid states
Single-component substance has 2 liquid states

Prof. Hajime Tanaka and Project Research Associate Mika Kobayashi have found solid experimental evidence corroborating the presence of liquid-liquid transition in triphenyl phosphite, in which the molecular liquid switches back and forth between two liquid states composed of different local structures.


UTokyo Research : http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/utokyo-research/research-news/single-component-water-like-substance-has-2-liquid-states.html
Journal Title : Nature Communications
Article Title : The reversibility and first-order nature of liquid-liquid transition in a molecular liquid
Author(s) : Mika Kobayashi and Hajime Tanaka
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13438
Abstract URL : http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13438