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Inside Cover: NMR Study of Water Molecules Confined in Extended Nanospaces (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 7/2007)
Author(s) -
Tsukahara Takehiko,
Hibara Akihide,
Ikeda Yasuhisa,
Kitamori Takehiko
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200790020
Subject(s) - nanometre , cover (algebra) , materials science , molecule , phase (matter) , chemical physics , confined water , nanotechnology , physics , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering
In confined spaces water shows unique properties that are not seen on the bulk scale. In their Communication on page 1180ff., T. Kitamori and co‐workers describe the local structural and dynamic properties of water confined in spaces extending from tens to several hundreds of nanometers on a glass chip. NMR data is used to propose a model for the interfacial phase consisting of loosely coupled water molecules between the surface and the bulk (see picture). The results are important for implementing micro‐ and nanofluidic devices on a chip.