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Anomalous Front Broadening During Spontaneous Imbibition in a Matrix with Elongated Pores
Simon Gruener, Zeinab Sadjadi, Helen E. Hermes +4
During spontaneous imbibition a wetting liquid is drawn into a porous medium by capillary forces. In systems with comparable pore length and diameter, such as paper and sand, the f…
Orientational Order in Liquids upon Condensation in Nanochannels: An Optical Birefringence Study on Rodlike and Disclike Molecules in Monolithic Mesoporous Silica
Matthias Wolff, Klaus Knorr, Patrick Huber +1
We present high-resolution optical birefringence measurements upon sequential filling of an array of parallel-aligned nanochannels (14~nm mean diameter) with rod-like (acetonitrile…
Polymorphism of the glass former ethanol confined in mesoporous silicon
Anke Henschel, Klaus Knorr, Patrick Huber
X-ray diffraction patterns of ethanol confined in parallel-aligned channels of approx. 10 nm diameter and 50 micrometer length in mesoporous silicon have been recorded as a functio…
Continuous Paranematic-to-Nematic Ordering Transitions of Liquid Crystals in Tubular Silica Nanochannels
Andriy V. Kityk, Matthias Wolff, Klaus Knorr +3
The optical birefringence of rod-like nematogens (7CB, 8CB), imbibed in parallel silica channels with 10 nm diameter and 300 micrometer length, is measured and compared to the ther…
Nanoscale Observation of Alkane Delayering
M. Bai, K. Knorr, M. J. Simpson +6
Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy and synchrotron x-ray scattering measurements on dotriacontane (n-C32H66 or C32) films adsorbed on SiO2-coated Si(100) wafers reveal a narrow tem…
Quenching of lamellar ordering in an n-alkane embedded in nanopores
Patrick Huber, Dirk Wallacher, Johann Albers +1
We present an X-ray diffraction study of the normale alkane nonadecane C_{19}H_{40} embedded in nanoporous Vycor glass. The confined molecular crystal accomplishes a close-packed s…