Unraveling overlapping processes in the sorption and in the release dynamics of DMSO vapor in paper
摘要
The sorption and release of gases in complex porous materials often involves multiple simultaneous processes. It is difficult to distinguish the dynamics of individual processes from experiments that only allow access to the combined overall dynamics of all processes taking place. This works shows for the case of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) vapor interacting with paper as a porous matrix that it is possible to distinguish experimentally the dynamics of the sorption and release processes of two populations of differently sorbed DMSO molecules, even though the temporal evolution of the sorbed concentration shows no evidence of multiple processes. The key to separating the processes lies in the release behavior. DMSO release from paper saturated with DMSO is a superposition of short- and long-term processes, with release rates of 3