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Effect of nanopore confinement on the thermal and structural properties of heneicosan
- Source :
- Thermochimica Acta. 664:57-63
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- The effect of nano-confinement on the phase transitions of heneicosane (n-C21H44, C21) were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and variable temperature powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). When C21 is confined within the pores of controlled pore glasses (CPGs), SBA-15 or other mesoporous materials, the solid-solid (Ts) and solid-liquid (Tm) transition temperatures are depressed. The depression of the phase transition temperatures (ΔTs, ΔTm) for C21 in CPGs and SBA-15, the degree of supercooling and enthalpy change (ΔHs, ΔHm) for C21 in CPGs, exhibited a linear dependence on the inverse pore size. The ΔTm values were insensitive to the polarity pore wall but varied with the pore geometry. XRD analysis revealed that the lamellar ordering characteristic for the solid C21 was disturbed in the nanopores, with the extent increasing as the pore size decreased. A new rotator phase RII is found for C21 confined in CPG (12 nm) and SBA-15 (14.4 nm).
- Subjects :
- Phase transition
Materials science
Enthalpy
Thermodynamics
02 engineering and technology
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Nanopore
Differential scanning calorimetry
Phase (matter)
Lamellar structure
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
0210 nano-technology
Mesoporous material
Supercooling
Instrumentation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00406031
- Volume :
- 664
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Thermochimica Acta
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........419a6e25ac39bc3d8c995af6acdc6c55