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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Rotational motion of cyclohexane in the liquid and the solid plastic phaseis studied using Raman light scattering. The results are compared withmolecular dynamics simulations run for model pores of diameters similar tothose used in the experiment. The presence of the surface layer and itseffect on the relaxation times is discussed. The temperature of thesolid-solid phase transition is determined from the analysis of the ν21 band shape. It is shown that the depression of the cubicto monoclinic phase transition depends on the pore diameter and is differentfor modified and unmodified surfaces. It is suggested that molecules nearthe pore walls form the amorphous structure and only molecules near thecenter of the pore form crystallographic structure.