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EPL
Volume 118, Number 2, April 2017
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| Article Number | 26002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/118/26002 | |
| Published online | 22 June 2017 | |
Confinement-driven rotator-I to rotator-V phase transition of alkane
Department of Physics, Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology - 12 William Carey Road, Serampore, Hooghly-712201, India
Received: 3 April 2017
Accepted: 9 June 2017
The behavior of the rotator-I to rotator-V 
phase transition of alkane in nanoconfinement situations is studied theoretically. Recent experimental studies have shown that confinement has dramatic effects on the 
phase transition. These include the weakening of the phase transition, decrease of the order parameters, change of the profile of the specific heat and reduction of the extent of the hysteresis region. We described these experimental observations within Landau phenomenological theory. The impact of confinement on the phase transition is discussed in great detail. The theoretical predictions are compared with recent experimental results.
PACS: 64.70.K- – Solid-solid transitions / 05.70.Fh – Phase transitions: general studies / 64.60.Ej – Studies/theory of phase transitions of specific substances
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