Molecular diffusion in porous media by PGSE ESR Full article
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
ISSN: 1463-9076 , E-ISSN: 1463-9084 |
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| Output data | Year: 2010, Volume: 12, Number: 23, Pages: 5998-6007 Pages count : 10 DOI: 10.1039/b922060g | ||||||||
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Abstract:
Diffusion in porous media is a general subject that involves many fields of research, such as chemistry (e. g. porous catalytic pallets), biology (e. g. porous cellular organelles), and materials science (e. g. porous polymer matrixes for controlled-release and gas-storage materials). Pulsed-gradient spin-echo nuclear magnetic resonance (PGSE NMR) is a powerful technique that is often employed to characterize complex diffusion patterns inside porous media. Typically it measures the motion of at least similar to 10(15) molecules occurring in the milliseconds-to-seconds time scale, which can be used to characterize diffusion in porous media with features of similar to 2-3 mm and above (in common aqueous environments). Electron Spin Resonance (ESR), which operates in the nanoseconds-to-microseconds time scale with much better spin sensitivity, can in principle be employed to measure complex diffusion patterns in porous media with much finer features (down to similar to 10 nm). However, up to now, severe technical constraints precluded the adaptation of PGSE ESR to porous media research. In this work we demonstrate for the first time the use of PGSE ESR in the characterization of molecular restricted diffusion in common liquid solutions embedded in a model system for porous media made of sub-micron glass spheres. A unique ESR resonator, efficient gradient coils and fast gradient current drivers enable these measurements. This work can be further extended in the future to many applications that involve dynamical processes occurring in porous media with features in the deep sub-micron range down to true nanometric length scales.
Cite:
Talmon Y.
, Shtirberg L.
, Harneit W.
, Rogozhnikova O.Y.
, Tormyshev V.
, Blank A.
Molecular diffusion in porous media by PGSE ESR
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2010. V.12. N23. P.5998-6007. DOI: 10.1039/b922060g WOS Scopus РИНЦ OpenAlex
Molecular diffusion in porous media by PGSE ESR
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2010. V.12. N23. P.5998-6007. DOI: 10.1039/b922060g WOS Scopus РИНЦ OpenAlex
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| Web of science: | WOS:000278364600008 |
| Scopus: | 2-s2.0-77955707886 |
| Elibrary: | 15329162 |
| OpenAlex: | W2044060609 |