Control of the Liquid-Liquid Transition in a Molecular Liquid by Spatial Confinement

@article{citeulike:2006573, abstract = {Generally, phase transitions are seriously affected by spatial confinement. This effect is important for its own sake, but also for applications to nanotechnology. Here we report the first systematic experimental study on confinement effects on a liquid-liquid transition of a molecular liquid. We found that one liquid can be transformed into another purely by spatial confinement. This indicates that the liquid state cannot be specified by the temperature and pressure alone, but it is also affected by its size in a discontinuous manner: the phase of a liquid in a narrow space can, in principle, be different from that in the bulk. This finding would deepen our basic understanding of the liquid state.}, author = {Kurita, Rei and Tanaka, Hajime}, citeulike-article-id = {2006573}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.235701}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {confinement, journal-club}, number = {23}, posted-at = {2007-11-28 18:24:56}, priority = {0}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Control of the Liquid-Liquid Transition in a Molecular Liquid by Spatial Confinement}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.235701}, volume = {98}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2006573 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2006573 N2 - Generally, phase transitions are seriously affected by spatial confinement. This effect is important for its own sake, but also for applications to nanotechnology. Here we report the first systematic experimental study on confinement effects on a liquid-liquid transition of a molecular liquid. We found that one liquid can be transformed into another purely by spatial confinement. This indicates that the liquid state cannot be specified by the temperature and pressure alone, but it is also affected by its size in a discontinuous manner: the phase of a liquid in a narrow space can, in principle, be different from that in the bulk. This finding would deepen our basic understanding of the liquid state. IS - 23 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Control of the Liquid-Liquid Transition in a Molecular Liquid by Spatial Confinement PB - APS VL - 98 KW - confinement KW - journal-club AU - Kurita, Rei AU - Tanaka, Hajime PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.235701 ER -