TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lippmann, Milena
AU  - Seeck, Oliver
AU  - Ehnes, Anita
AU  - Nygård, Kim
AU  - Bertram, Florian
AU  - Ciobanu, Anca
TI  - Experimental Observation of Crystal–Liquid Coexistence in Slit-Confined Nonpolar Fluids
JO  - The journal of physical chemistry letters
VL  - 10
IS  - 7
SN  - 1948-7185
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - ACS
M1  - PUBDB-2019-01927
SP  - 1634 - 1638
PY  - 2019
N1  - © American Chemical Society
AB  - Films of carbon tetrachloride (CCl<sub>4</sub>) confined in slit geometry between two flat diamond substrates down to a few tens of Angstroms are studied by combining X-ray reflectivity with in-plane and out-of-plane X-ray scattering. The confined films form a heterogeneous structure with coexisting regions of liquid and crystalline phases. The liquid phase shows short-range ordering normal to the surfaces of the substrates. The experiments directly show the ability of the confinement to induce crystal objects, which is a long-discussed issue in the literature. The surface structure and morphology of the substrates may influence the actual realization of the crystalline phase in confinement.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:30900899
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000463960700029
DO  - DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00331
UR  - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/421264
ER  -