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Vibrational and molecular dynamics of a nanoconfined liquid crystal

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The effect of a nanometer confinement on the vibrational and molecular dynamics of a liquid crystals E7 was studied by dielectric spectroscopy (DS) and neutron scattering (NS). E7 undergoes a glass transition phenomenon besides the nematic to isotropic phase transition. As confining host a molecular sieve of the MCM-41 type is used having cylindrical pores with a radius of 1.25 nm. The results obtained by both methods are compared in detail.

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Schönhals, A., Frunza, S., Frunza, L. et al. Vibrational and molecular dynamics of a nanoconfined liquid crystal. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 189, 251–255 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2010-01329-5

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