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Effects of confinement on freezing and melting.
Christiane Alba-Simionesco,Benoit Coasne,Gilberte Dosseh,G. Dudziak,Keith E. Gubbins,Ravi Radhakrishnan,Malgorzata Sliwinska-Bartkowiak +6 more
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Both simple and more complex adsorbates that are confined in various environments (slit or cylindrical pores and also disordered porous materials) are considered and how confinement affects the glass transition is addressed.Abstract:
We present a review of experimental, theoretical, and molecular simulation studies of confinement effects on freezing and melting We consider both simple and more complex adsorbates that are confined in various environments (slit or cylindrical pores and also disordered porous materials) The most commonly used molecular simulation, theoretical and experimental methods are first presented We also provide a brief description of the most widely used porous materials The current state of knowledge on the effects of confinement on structure and freezing temperature, and the appearance of new surface-driven and confinement-driven phases are then discussed We also address how confinement affects the glass transitionread more
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Structural transition and solid-like behavior of alkane films confined in nano-spacing
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Frictional Properties of Straight-Chain Alcohols and the Dynamics of Layering Transitions
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On the commensurate–incommensurate transition in adsorbed monolayers
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Probing pore size distribution by cryogenic- and relaxation 2H-NMR
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