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Liquid-like and solid-like acetonitrile intercalated into graphite oxide as studied by the spin probe technique
Dmitry A Astvatsaturov1,2, Alexander I Kokorin1,3, Mikhail Ya Melnikov2
1N. N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science, Kosygin St. 4, Moscow, 119991, Russia. ASTVaaaa@yandex.ru.
Abstract:
The molecular mobility of acetonitrile intercalated into the inter-plane space of graphite oxide was studied using the spin probe technique. It was revealed that two types of intercalated substance - liquid-like and solid-like - are simultaneously present in between the oxidized graphene planes, and their ratio depends on temperature. The micro-viscosity of liquid-like intercalated acetonitrile was found to be higher than that of bulk acetonitrile and depends on the amount of intercalated liquid.
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