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A. Grosman

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arXiv2020

Direct observation of homogeneous cavitation in nanopores

We report on the evaporation of hexane from porous alumina and silicon membranes. These membranes contain billions of independent nanopores tailored to an ink-bottle shape, where a cavity several tens of nanometers in diameter is separated from the bulk vapor by a constriction. For alumina membranes with narrow enough constrictions, we demonstrate that cavity evaporation proceeds by cavitation. Measurements of the pressure dependence of the cavitation rate follow the predictions of the bulk, homogeneous, classical nucleation theory, definitively establishing the relevance of homogeneous cavitation as an evaporation mechanism in mesoporous materials. Our results imply that porous alumina membranes are a promising new system to study liquids in a deeply metastable state.

cond-mat.soft↗

arXiv2004

Comparative study of pyroelectric response of PZT-film/Si, PZT-film/Por-Si/Si and PVDF-film/Si structures

The comparative investigation of pyroelectric response modulation frequency dependences of structures of "polar active film-Si substrate" type based on PZT and PVDF and of structures of "polar active film - buffer layer - Si substrate" type based on PZT and porous silicon (por-Si) has been carried out. By photopyroelectric modulation method the thermowave pyroelectric "under-surface" probing was performed and amplitude-to-frequency and phase-to-frequency dependences of pyroelectric response of investigated systems in the voltage and current modes were obtained. By performing the analysis of obtained dependences the thermal diffusivity values of investigated PZT and PVDF films, and also por-Si interlayer were estimated. The results of theoretical consideration of the structures under investigation are in a good agreement with the experimental data. The problem of thermal decoupling and self-decoupling from position of chain "frequency-thickness-material" and question of complete and incomplete thermal linkage are briefly discussed. The obtained results show that a por-Si layer is a suitable material for effective thermal decoupling of polar active film and heat removing Si-substrate which realized in significant increase of pyroelectric response value and approach it to that of characteristic for a free sensitive element.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗

arXiv2002

Adsorption in non interconnected pores open at one or at both ends: A reconsideration of the origin of the hysteresis phenomenon

We report on an experimental study of adsorption isotherme of nitrogen onto porous silicon with non interconnected pores open at one or at both ends in order to check for the first time the old (1938) but always current idea based on Cohan's description which suggests that the adsorption of gaz should occur reversibly in the first case and irreversibly in the second one. Hysteresis loops, the shape of which is usually associated to interconnections in porous media, are observed whether the pores are open at one or at both ends in contradiction with Cohan's model.

cond-mat.mes-hall↗