Controlling and measuring conformational properties of n -alkane ultraconfined in urea: A high-pressure 2 H NMR study

Autor: C. Odin, J. C. Ameline
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Europhysics Letters (EPL). 66:378-384
ISSN: 1286-4854
0295-5075
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-10221-1
Popis: 2H high-resolution solid-state NMR experiments were performed on the intergrowth compound C19D40/urea at ambient temperature and helium pressure up to 4500 bars in a home-made NMR probe. These experiments show that the populations of chain ends gauche conformers can be reversibly modified with pressure. The trans-gauche volume change ~ 10 ? 2 ?3, free-energy change ?Fgt = 5 ? 0.7 kJ/mol as well as the contribution of the conformational defects to the chain spring constant Cgt ~ 8 ? 4 N/m were estimated for the first time for an ultraconfined n-alkane.
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