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Scale-dependent diffusion anisotropy in nanoporous silicon
Kondrashova, D; Lauerer, A; Mehlhorn, D et al.
2017In Scientific Reports, 7, p. 40207
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Keywords :
porous materials; diffusion
Abstract :
[en] Nanoporous silicon produced by electrochemical etching of highly B-doped p-type silicon wafers can be prepared with tubular pores imbedded in a silicon matrix. Such materials have found many technological applications and provide a useful model system for studying phase transitions under con nement. This paper reports a joint experimental and simulation study of di usion in such materials, covering displacements from molecular dimensions up to tens of micrometers with carefully selected probe molecules. In addition to mass transfer through the channels, di usion (at much smaller rates) is also found to occur in directions perpendicular to the channels, thus providing clear evidence of connectivity. With increasing displacements, propagation in both axial and transversal directions is progressively retarded, suggesting a scale-dependent, hierarchical distribution of transport resistances (“constrictions” in the channels) and of shortcuts (connecting “bridges”) between adjacent channels. The experimental evidence from these studies is con rmed by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation in the range of atomistic displacements and rationalized with a simple model of statistically distributed “constrictions” and “bridges” for displacements in the micrometer range via dynamic Monte Carlo (DMC) simulation. Both ranges are demonstrated to be mutually transferrable by DMC simulations based on the pore space topology determined by electron tomography.
Disciplines :
Materials science & engineering
Physics
Author, co-author :
Kondrashova, D;  University of Leipzig
Lauerer, A;  University of Leipzig
Mehlhorn, D;  University of Leipzig
Jobic, H;  Quantachrome Ins.
Fledhoff, A.;  Leibniz University Hannover
Thommes;  Quantachrome Ins.
Chakraborty, D;  Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Mohali,
Gommes, Cédric  ;  Université de Liège > Department of Chemical Engineering > Department of Chemical Engineering
Zecevic, J;  Utrecht university
de Jongh, P.;  Utrecht university
Bunde, A.;  University of Gießen
Kärger, J.;  University of Leipzig
Valiullin
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Language :
English
Title :
Scale-dependent diffusion anisotropy in nanoporous silicon
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Scientific Reports
eISSN :
2045-2322
Publisher :
Nature Publishing Group, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
7
Pages :
40207
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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