Quantitatively interpreting thermal behavior of self-associating systems.
A general method is presented to extract thermodynamic as well as structural information from calorimetric data on self-associating systems using existing statistical thermodynamic models. The method is illustrated with one simple and one complex ligand binding system taken from the literature. The method is also used to extract the aggregation number using a simple mass balance model for self-assembly of surfactant molecules, and experimental evidence is provided to support this.
DelftChemTech, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL Delft, The Netherlands.
Ger J M
GJ
Koper
Christophe B
CB
Minkenberg
Ian S
IS
Upton
Jan H
JH
van Esch
Ernst J R
EJ
Sudhölter