Saroja Rani Bhupatiraju, K. Tharini, Sirisha Bandi, C. R. Venkateswara Rao
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Abstract
Over a broad frequency and temperature range, the dielectric characteristics of water contained in 2.5 nm mesoporous nanochannels were investigated. Two noticeable relaxation peaks, dependent on frequency and temperature, were seen in the dielectric tests. Following a thermally stimulated mechanism analogous to that of bulk ice, the glassy transitions of water inside nanochannels cause a low-temperature relaxation. Freezing of water inside the MCM-41 nanochannels is responsible for the non-Arrhenius-type behaviour seen during elevated temperature relaxation (230–280 K).
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Doklady Physical Chemistry is a monthly journal containing English translations of current Russian research in physical chemistry from the Physical Chemistry sections of the Doklady Akademii Nauk (Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences). The journal publishes the most significant new research in physical chemistry being done in Russia, thus ensuring its scientific priority. Doklady Physical Chemistry presents short preliminary accounts of the application of the state-of-the-art physical chemistry ideas and methods to the study of organic and inorganic compounds and macromolecules; polymeric, inorganic and composite materials as well as corresponding processes. The journal is intended for scientists in all fields of chemistry and in interdisciplinary sciences.