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Water Condensation in Hydrophobic Nanopores
Author(s) -
Desbiens Nicolas,
Demachy Isabelle,
Fuchs Alain H.,
KirschRodeschini Helène,
Soulard Michel,
Patarin Joël
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200501250
Subject(s) - nanopore , nanoporous , nanoscopic scale , adsorption , materials science , condensation , hydrophobic effect , chemical engineering , simple (philosophy) , extrusion , nanotechnology , zeolite , chemical physics , chemistry , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , composite material , physics , philosophy , epistemology , engineering , catalysis
Simple but effective : The intrusion/extrusion cycle of a nonwetting fluid in a hydrophobic solid can be described by simple models and simulation methods found useful for studying gas adsorption in nanoporous materials. The water confined to hydrophobic spaces of nanoscopic dimensions in the zeolite silicalite‐1 is shown to be a strongly depleted and highly inhomogeneous fluid (see picture).