Evidence of a sticky boundary layer in nanochannels: A neutron spin echo study of n -hexatriacontane and poly(ethylene oxide) confined in porous silicon

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3116-3121

  Kusmin, André ^a   Gruener, Simon ^b,d   Henschel, Anke ^b   Holderer, Olaf ^c   Allgaier, Juörgen ^a   Richter, Dieter ^a   Huber, Patrick ^b  

^a Institut Fuör Festkoörperforschung   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c C/o TU Muönchen ^*  (Germany)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED LAYERS; ADSORBED MOLECULES; ADSORBED MONOLAYERS; BI-LAYER; BULK-LIKE; CAPILLARY FILLING; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; FREE MOLECULES; HEXATRIACONTANE; LONG AXIS; MEAN DIAMETER; NANO CHANNELS; NEUTRON SPIN ECHO; Q-VALUES; TWO-STATE MODEL;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ETHYLENE; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SPIN POLARIZATION;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 77958483961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1012406     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Han, J. Y.; Fu, J. P.; Schoch, R. B. Molecular Sieving Using Nanofilters: Past, Present and Future Lab Chip 2008, 8, 23-33
2. Napoli, M.; Eijkel, J. C. T.; Pennathur, S. Nanofluidic Technology for Biomolecule Applications: a Critical Review Lab Chip 2010, 10, 957-985
3. Ugarte, D.; Stoöckli, T.; Bonard, J. M.; Châtelain, A.; de Heer, W. A. Filling Carbon Nanotubes Appl. Phys. A: Mater. Sci. Process. 1998, 67, 101-105
4. Shin, K.; Obukhov, S.; Chen, J. T.; Huh, J.; Hwang, Y.; Mok, S.; Dobriyal, P.; Thiyagarajan, P.; Russell, T. P. Enhanced Mobility of Confined Polymers Nat. Mater. 2007, 6, 961-965
5. Gruener, S.; Huber, P. Spontaneous Imbibition Dynamics of an n -Alkane in Nanopores: Evidence of Meniscus Freezing and Monolayer Sticking Phys. Rev. Lett. 2009, 103, 174501
6. Engel, M.; Stuöhn, B. In Situ Small Angle X-ray Scattering Measurements of the Filling Process of Polyisobutylene and Poly-?-caprolactone in Ion Track Etched Polycarbonate Nanopores J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 132, 224502
7. Dimitrov, D. I.; Milchev, A.; Binder, K. Capillary Rise in Nanopores: Molecular Dynamics Evidence for the Lucas-Washburn Equation Phys. Rev. Lett. 2007, 99, 054501
8. Lauga, E.; Brenner, M. P.; Stone, H. A. Microfluidics: The No-Slip Boundary Condition. In Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics; Tropea, C.; Yarin, A. L.; Foss, J. F., Eds.; Springer: Berlin, 2007; pp 1219 - 1240.
9. Servantie, J.; Muöller, M. Temperature Dependence of the Slip Length in Polymer Melts at Attractive Surfaces Phys. Rev. Lett. 2008, 101, 026101
10. Jobic, H.; Bée, M.; Pouget, S. Diffusion of Benzene in ZSM-5 Measured by the Neutron Spin-Echo Technique J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 7130-7133
11. Baumert, J.; Asmussen, B.; Gutt, C.; Kahn, R. Pore-Size Dependence of the Self-Diffusion of Hexane in Silica Gels J. Chem. Phys. 2002, 116, 10869-10876
12. Martín, J.; Krutyeva, M.; Monkenbusch, M.; Arbe, A.; Allgaier, J.; Radulescu, A.; Falus, P.; Maiz, J.; Mijangos, C.; Colmenero, J. Direct Observation of Confined Single Chain Dynamics by Neutron Scattering Phys. Rev. Lett. 2010, 104, 197801
13. Kusmin, A.; Gruener, S.; Henschel, A.; de Souza, N.; Allgaier, J.; Richter, D.; Huber, P. Polymer Dynamics in Nanochannels of Porous Silicon: A Neutron Spin Echo Study. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 8162 - 8169.
14. Schoönhals, A.; Rittig, F.; Kaörger, J. Self-Diffusion of Poly(propylene glycol) in Nanoporous Glasses Studied by Pulsed Field Gradient NMR: A Study of Molecular Dynamics and Surface Interactions J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 133, 094903
15. Hair, M. L.; Hertl, W. Adsorption on Hydroxylated Silica Surfaces J. Phys. Chem. 1969, 73, 4269-4276
16. Levinson, P.; Valignat, M. P.; Fraysse, N.; Cazabat, A. M.; Heslot, F. An Ellipsometric Study of Adsorption Isotherms Thin Solid Films 1993, 234, 482-485
17. Gu, Y. L.; Kar, T.; Scheiner, S. Fundamental Properties of the CH⋯O Interaction: Is It a True Hydrogen Bond? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9411-9422
18. Iler, R. K. The Chemistry of Silica; Wiley: New York, 1979.
19. Hansen, F. Y.; Herwig, K. W.; Matthies, B.; Taub, H. Intramolecular and Lattice Melting in n -Alkane Monolayers: An Analog of Melting in Lipid Bilayers Phys. Rev. Lett. 1999, 83, 2362-2365
20. 2 Surface J. Chem. Phys. 2002, 116, 2107-2115
21. Niedzwiedz, K.; Wischnewski, A.; Pyckhout-Hintzen, W.; Allgaier, J.; Richter, D.; Faraone, A. Chain Dynamics and Viscoelastic Properties of Poly(ethylene oxide) Macromolecules 2008, 41, 4866-4872
22. Smuda, C.; Busch, S.; Gemmecker, G.; Unruh, T. Self-Diffusion in Molecular Liquids: Medium-Chain n -Alkanes and Coenzyme Q(10) Studied by Quasielastic Neutron Scattering J. Chem. Phys. 2008, 129, 014513
23. Bée, M. Quasielastic Neutron Scattering: Principles and Applications in Solid State Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science; Adam Hilger: Bristol, England, 1988.
24. Wolff, M.; Frick, B.; Magerl, A.; Zabel, H. Flow Cell for Neutron Spectroscopy Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2005, 7, 1262-1265
25. Ertl, H.; Dullien, F. A. L. Self-Diffusion and Viscosity of some Liquids as a Function of Temperature AIChE. J. 1973, 19, 1215-1223
26. Zupancic, I.; Lahajnar, G.; Blinc, R.; Reneker, D. H.; Vanderhart, D. L. NMR Self-Diffusion Study of Polyethylene and Paraffin Melts J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 1985, 23, 387-404
27. Dianoux, A. J.; Pineri, M.; Volino, F. Neutron Incoherent Scattering Law for Restricted Diffusion Inside a Volume with an Anisotropic Shape. Application to the Problem of Water Absorbed in Naphion Membranes Mol. Phys. 1982, 46, 129-137
28. 2 Surface Chem. Phys. Lett. 2003, 377, 99-105
29. del Campo, V.; Cisternas, E.; Taub, H.; Vergara, I.; Corrales, T.; Soza, P.; Volkmann, U. G.; Bai, M. J.; Wang, S. K.; Hansen, F. Y. Structure and Growth of Vapor-Deposited n -Dotriacontane Films Studied by X-ray Reflectivity Langmuir 2009, 25, 12962-12967
30. Dorset, D. L. Crystal Structure of n -Paraffin Solid-Solutions: An Electron Diffraction Study Macromolecules 1985, 18, 2158-2163
31. Doi, M.; Edwards, S. F. The Theory of Polymer Dynamics; Clarendon Press: Oxford, U.K., 1986.
32. Kumar, P.; Hofmann, T.; Knorr, K.; Huber, P.; Scheib, P.; Lemmens, P. Tuning the Pore Wall Morphology of Mesoporous Silicon from Branchy to Smooth, Tubular by Chemical Treatment J. Appl. Phys. 2008, 103, 024303
33. Henschel, A.; Hofmann, T.; Huber, P.; Knorr, K. Preferred Orientations and Stability of Medium Length n -Alkanes Solidified in Mesoporous Silicon Phys. Rev. E. 2007, 75, 021607