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Chemistry in Confining Reaction Fields with Special Emphasis on Nanoporous Materials
Author(s) -
Polarz Sebastian,
Kuschel Andreas
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200800674
Subject(s) - nanoporous , division (mathematics) , boltzmann constant , chemistry , chemical reaction , statistical physics , emphasis (telecommunications) , volume (thermodynamics) , nanotechnology , chemical physics , theoretical physics , thermodynamics , physics , computer science , materials science , mathematics , organic chemistry , telecommunications , arithmetic
The everyday routine of most chemists is dictated by large numbers. The chemical rules for ensembles of molar size ( N ≈ N A =6.022×10 23 ) are well known and can be understood in most cases by using Boltzmann distribution. It is an interesting question how a small ensemble of a chemical system behaves and if it differs from the respective large‐ensemble counterpart. The experimental approach presented in the current paper involves the division of a macroscopic volume into compartments that contain only a small number of reactants. The compartments represent the pores of tailor‐made nanoporous materials.