Spontaneous imbibition dynamics of an n-alkane in nanopores: Evidence of meniscus freezing and monolayer sticking

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Gruener, Simon ^a   Huber, Patrick ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FILLING; CONFINED LIQUIDS; CYLINDRICAL PORES; MEAN DIAMETER; MONOLITHIC SILICA; N-ALKANES; N-TETRACOSANE; PREFACTORS; SLOPE CHANGE; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SQUARE-ROOT; SURFACE ENTROPIES; SURFACE FREEZING; TETRACOSANE;

FREEZING; LIQUIDS; MONOLAYERS; PARAFFINS; SILICA; SURFACE TENSION;

NANOPORES;

EID: 70350241504     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.174501     Document Type: Article

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