A supercritical fluid refers to a state in which the temperature and pressure of a substance exceed its critical point, where no distinction exists between liquid and gas phases. Traditionally, it has ...

Diffusion coefficients in supercritical fluids are critical parameters that characterise mass transport within these unique media. Owing to the tunable density and solvent power of supercritical ...

A research team lays down the foundation for the expansion of supercritical fluid applications research. A long-lasting non-equilibrium phase coexistence in supercritical fluids has been observed by a ...

Neither gas nor liquid, supercritical fluids exhibit a unique mashup of the properties of both and arise when fluids are pushed to very high temperatures and pressures. Their properties make them ...

Supercritical fluids show certain properties that are used to advantage in chromatographic separations: No liquid/gas phase boundary and therefore no surface tension Solute solubility increases with ...

Using emulsion templating, a versatile method for producing porous materials, Cameron and colleagues at the University of Durham, UK, have developed improved techniques for producing cross-linked ...

SUPERCRITICAL fluids (SCFs) are rapidly replacing organic solvents used in industrial purification, essential oils and fatty acids extraction and re-crystallisation operations because of regulatory ...

Supercritical fluid chromatography, or SFC, has been around for decades. During that time, the separation technique has fallen in and out of and back in favor. But it has consistently been relegated ...

The temperature and pressure inside Jupiter range from about -100°c near the edge to about 15,000°c and 50m times the Earth’s atmospheric pressure in the middle. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are similar ...

University of Salford provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. When we boil a kettle, we observe what scientists call a phase transition: the water changes from being a liquid to ...