Capillary condensation of argon (triangles) and n-hexane (squares) in silicon nanopores with mean pore diameter of 8 nm as documented by a sorption isotherm measurement recorded at a temperature of 87 K and 273 K, respectively. The insets illustrate film growth at the pore walls which upon vapour pressure increase culminates in capillary condensation, the formation of liquid bridges with concave menisci in the pore centres.
Relevant Publications:
Adsorption-induced deformation of nanoporous materials - A review [pdf]
Gennady Gor, Patrick Huber, Noam Bernstein
Applied Physics Reviews 4, 011303 (2017).
Formation of Periodically Arranged Nanobubbles in Mesopores: Capillary Bridge Formation and Cavitation during Sorption and Solidification in an Hierarchical Porous SBA-15 Matrix
Tommy Hofmann, Dirk Wallacher, Jan Perlich, Saratlal Koyiloth Vayalil, and Patrick Huber
Langmuir 32, 2928 (2016).
High-resolution dielectric study reveals pore-size dependent orientational order of a discotic liquid crystal confined in tubular nanopores [pdf]
Sylwia Calus, Andriy V. Kityk, Lech Borowik, Ronan Lefort, Denis Morineau, Christina Krause, Andreas Schönhals, Mark Busch, and Patrick Huber
Physical Review E 92, 012503 (2015).
Elastic response of mesoporous silicon to capillary pressures in the pores [pdf]
Gennady Gor, Luca Bertinetti, Noam Bernstein, Peter Fratzl, and Patrick Huber
Applied Physics Letters 106, 261901 (2015).
Soft matter in hard confinement: phase transition thermodynamics, structure, texture, diffusion and flow in nanoporous media
Patrick Huber
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 27, 103102 (2015).
Inhomogeneous relaxation dynamics of a liquid crystal confined in a nanoporous solid
Sylwia Calus, Andriy V. Kityk, Manfred Eich, and Patrick Huber
Soft Matter 11, 3176 (2015).
Protein Adsorption into Mesopores: A Combination of Electrostatic Interaction, Counterion Release, and van der Waals Forces [pdf]
Sebastian T. Moerz and Patrick Huber
Langmuir 30, 2729 (2014).
Solid phases of spatially nanoconfined oxygen: A neutron scattering study [pdf]
Danny Kojda, Dirk Wallacher, Simon Baudoin, Thomas Hansen, Patrick Huber and Tommy Hofmann
Journal of Chemical Physics 140, 024705 (2014).
Thermotropic nematic order upon nanocapillary filling [pdf]
Patrick Huber, Mark Busch, Sylwia Całus and Andriy V. Kityk
Physical Review E 87, 042502 (2013).
Capillary Condensation, Freezing, and Melting in Silica Nanopores: A Sorption Isotherm and Scanning Calorimetry Study on Nitrogen in Mesoporous SBA-15 [pdf]
Sebastian T. Moerz, Klaus Knorr, and Patrick Huber
Physical Review B 85, 075403 (2012).
Liquid n-hexane condensed in silica nanochannels: A combined optical birefringence and vapor sorption isotherm study [pdf]
Andriy V. Kity, Klaus Knorr, and Patrick Huber
Physical Review B 80, 035421 (2009).
Capillary Rise of Water in Hydrophilic Nanopores [pdf]
Simon Grüner, Tommy Hofmann, Dirk Wallacher, Andriy Kityk and Patrick Huber
Physical Review E 79, 067301 (2009).
Preferred orientation of n-hexane crystallized in silicon nanochannels: A combined x-ray diffraction and sorption isotherm study [pdf]
Anke Henschel, Pushpendra Kumar, Tommy Hofmann, Klaus Knorr, and Patrick Huber
Physical Review E 79, 032601 (2009).
Melting and freezing of argon in a granular packing of linear mesopore arrays
Christof Schaefer, Tommy Hofmann, Dirk Wallacher, Patrick Huber and Klaus Knorr
Physical Review Letters 100, 175701 (2008).
Thermodynamic and structural investigations of condensates of small molecules in mesopores
Klaus Knorr, Patrick Huber and Dirk Wallacher
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 222, 257 (2008).
Condensed Matter in Spatially Confined Geometries: From the structural-thermodynamical state to hydrodynamic transport phenomena
Patrick Huber
Habilitation Thesis, Saarland University (2007).
Small-angle x-ray diffraction of Kr in mesoporous silica: Effects of microporosity and surface roughness
Tommy Hofmann, Dirk Wallacher, Patrick Huber, Rainer Birringer, Klaus Knorr, Andreas Schreiber and Gerhard Findenegg
Physical Review B 72, 064122 (2005).
Triple point behavior of Ar and N-2 in mesopores
Tommy Hofmann, Dirk Wallacher, Patrick Huber, and Klaus Knorr
Journal of Low Temperature Physics 140, 91 (2005).
Solidified Fillings of Nanopores
Patrick Huber and Klaus Knorr
Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc 876E, R3.1 (2005).
Capillary sublimation of Ar in mesoporous glass
Dirk Wallacher, Viktor Soprunyuk, Andriy Kityk, Patrick Huber and Klaus Knorr
Physical Review B 71, 052101 (2005).
Optical transmission measurements on phase transitions of O-2 and CO condensed in porous glass
Viktor Soprunyuk, Dirk Wallacher, Patrick Huber, Ralf Ackermann, Klaus Knorr and Andriy Kityk
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 134, 1043 (2004).
Freezing and melting of Ar in mesopores studied by optical transmission
Viktor Soprunyuk, Dirk Wallacher, Patrick Huber, Klaus Knorr and Andriy Kityk
Physical Review B 67, 144105 (2003).
Are solidified fillings of mesopores basically bulk-like except for the geometric confinement ?
Klaus Knorr, Dirk Wallacher, Patrick Huber, Viktor Soprunyuk, and Ralf Ackermann
European Physical Journal E 12, 51 (2003).
Diffraction study of solid oxygen embedded in porous glasses
Dirk Wallacher, Ralf Ackermann, Patrick Huber, Mechthild Enderle and Klaus Knorr
Physical Review B 64 4203 (2002).
Solid Ar, N-2, CO, and O-2 in nanopores
Dirk Wallacher, Patrick Huber and Klaus Knorr
Journal of Low Temperature Physics 122, 313 (2001).
Adsorption-desorption isotherms and x-ray diffraction of Ar condensed into a porous glass matrix
Patrick Huber and Klaus Knorr
Physical Review B 60 12657 (1999).
Solid N-2 and CO in nanoporous glasses
Patrick Huber, Dirk Wallacher und Klaus Knorr
Physical Review B 60, 12666 (1999).
Solid nitrogen confined in porous glass
Patrick Huber, Dirk Wallacher and Klaus Knorr
Journal of Low Temperature Physics 111, 419-427 (1998).
Adsorption isotherms and infrared spectroscopy study of nitrogen condensed in porous Vycor
Dirk Wallacher, Patrick Huber and Klaus Knorr
Journal of Low Temperature Physics 113, 19 (1998).
