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Molecular dynamics of a short range ordered smectic phase nanoconfined into porous silicon

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4-n-octyl-4-cyanobiphenyl (8CB) has been recently shown to display an unusual sequence of phases when confined into porous silicon (PSi). The gradual increase of oriented short-range smectic (SRS) correlations in place of a phase transition has been interpreted as a consequence of the anisotropic quenched disorder induced by confinement in PSi. Combining two quasielastic neutron scattering experiments with complementary energy resolutions, we present the first investigation of the individual molecular dynamics of this system. A large reduction of the molecular dynamics is observed in the confined liquid phase, as a direct consequence of the dynamical boundary conditions imposed by the confinement. Temperature fixed window scans (FWS) reveal a continuous 'glass-like' reduction of the molecular dynamics of the confined liquid and SRS phases on cooling down to 250 K, where a solid-like behavior is finally reached by a two steps crystallization process.
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hal-00115194 , version 1 (20-11-2006)

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Régis Guégan, Denis Morineau, Ronan Lefort, Alain Moréac, Wilfried Béziel, et al.. Molecular dynamics of a short range ordered smectic phase nanoconfined into porous silicon. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2007, 126 (6), pp.064902. ⟨10.1063/1.2435366⟩. ⟨hal-00115194⟩
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