ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

The structure of polar aprotic solvents in cylindrical nanopores

Abstract: The aim of this experiment is to understand the structure of two widely used polar organic solvents, N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) and N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), in cylindrical geometry nanopores. Neutron scattering has already given us deep insight into the interactions between the solvent molecules in bulk liquids, but in many situations we need to understand how they behave at interfaces. Key questions centre around the orientational preferences, including which direction the dipole moments point (for example, axial or normal to the surface). To answer such questions we will place isotopically labelled NMP and DMF in templated porous carbons, with cylindrical pores of diameters 3 nm and 5.5 nm. The NIMROD instrument is ideally suited to this study, as it allows us to probe the length-scales that cover the correlations within and between the pores.

Principal Investigator: Professor Neal Skipper
Local Contact: Dr Tom Headen
Experimenter: Dr Chris Howard
Experimenter: Dr Adam Clancy
Experimenter: Dr Andrew Seel
Experimenter: Dr Camilla Di Mino

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920535

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1920535

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
Select the data format above to find out more about it.

Data Citation

The recommended format for citing this dataset in a research publication is as:
[author], [date], [title], [publisher], [doi]

For Example:
Professor Neal Skipper et al; (2019): The structure of polar aprotic solvents in cylindrical nanopores, STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920535

Data is released under the CC-BY-4.0 license.