Physical Control of Phase Behavior of Hexadecane in Nanopores

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 18697-18706

  Wang, Li Ping ^a   Sui, Jian ^a   Zhai, Min ^a   Tian, Fang ^a   Lan, Xiao Zheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; PARAFFINS; PHASE BEHAVIOR; POROUS MATERIALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; INTERFACE ENERGY; INTERFACE INTERACTION; NANO-SIZED CRYSTALS; PHASE INFORMATION; PHYSICAL CONTROL; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

NANOPORES;

EID: 84939124707     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03728     Document Type: Article

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