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Dynamics of Confined Molecular Systems

MAY 01, 1990
By modeling restricted geometries with well‐characterized porous silica glasses, experimenters can determine a single geometric parameter that relates finite‐size effects to observed dynamic and thermodynamic behavior.
J. M. Drake
J. Klafter

The dynamic and thermodynamic properties of molecular systems are known to be modified by confinement in very small spaces. However, making explicit and unambiguous connections between the geometry of the confining space and the molecular behavior has proven to be difficult, and the connections, when made, are frequently controversial. Nonetheless studies show that within a family of similarly prepared porous materials, the effect of finite size on the behavior of confined liquids and gases scales with a single geometric property of the pore space.

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More about the authors

J. M. Drake, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, New Jersey.

J. Klafter, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University.

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