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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
4-n-octyl-4-cyanobiphenyl has been recently shown to display an unusual sequence of phases when confined into porous silicon (PSi). The gradual increase of oriented short-range smectic (SRS) correlations in place of a phase transition has been interpreted as a consequence of the anisotropic quenched disorder induced by confinement in PSi. Combining two quasielastic neutron scattering experiments with complementary energy resolutions, the authors present the first investigation of the individual molecular dynamics of this system. A large reduction of the molecular dynamics is observed in the confined liquid phase, as a direct consequence of the boundary conditions imposed by the confinement. Temperature fixed window scans reveal a continuous glasslike reduction of the molecular dynamics of the confined liquid and SRS phases on cooling down to 250 K, where a solidlike behavior is finally reached by a two-step crystallization process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
064902
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular dynamics of a short-range ordered smectic phase nanoconfined in porous silicon.
pubmed:affiliation
Groupe Matière Condensée et Matériaux, CNRS-UMR 6626, Bâtiment 11A, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article