15 research outputs found

    Nuclear relaxation by molecular reorientation in confinement

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    The effect of steric hindrance on reorientational molecular dynamics has been studied both theoretically and experimentally in well-defined geometries. We show that, even for a non-wetting fluid, confinement quenches reorientation. This is unambiguously probed by the nuclearrelaxation of 33S and 13C in a set of calibrated porous glasses saturated with CS2

    NMR study of the magnetic properties of the polymerized phase of Cs 1 C 60

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    NMR of molecules trapped in sol-gel glasses: Progressive closure of the nanoporosity during drying

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    We characterize the closed porosity of porous hybrid organic-inorganic sol-gel matrices. 2H-nuclear relaxation of d16-adamantane confined in these pores evidences a molecular translational motion inside the porous network. The pores are shown to be interconnected at the submicrometric scale. By modelling the effect of interpore molecular jumps on the lineshape, we characterize the progressive closure of the nanoporosity during drying

    Crossover from scalar to vectorial percolation in silica gelation

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