Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
An overview of several NMR studies of liquids in confined geometries ispresented. First, the NMR relaxation rates, 1/T1, 1/T1ρ , and 1/T2 were measured for severalmolecular liquids confined to porous silica glasses with pore radii in therange from 12 Å to 100 Å as a function of temperature, pore size, andfrequency. The experimental relaxation data were interpreted in terms ofbulk, surface, and topological contributions using the followingexpression:
where 1/Tib and 1/Tis are the bulk and the surfacelayer relaxation rates, ε is the thickness of the surface layer, R is thepore radius, and Ai(ω) represents the pure topologicaleffect.
Second, the pressure effects on the dynamics of the confined liquid of acetonitrile-d3 were also investigated. Third, the naturalabundance of 13C spin lattice relaxation rates for CS2confined to porous silica glasses provided information about confinementeffects on the angular momentum behavior of this simple liquid.