ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Phase transitions in the quasi-two-dimensional layer structured (C10H21NH3)2SnCl6, an order–disorder transition and a conformational transition of the hydrocarbon chains, were studied by means of 1H NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance). A newly defined order parameter in the low-temperature phase, the dipolar splitting of the rigid hydrocarbon lineshape component, was shown to represent the order–disorder motion of the hydrocarbon chains, explicitly revealing its three-dimensionality. The conformational transition was marked by a discontinuity in the spin-lattice relaxation rate (1/T1). On the other hand, no obvious anomaly was observed in the spin-lattice relaxation rate at the order–disorder transition at 200 MHz, whereas a weak anomaly was observed at 45 MHz, indicating that the critical dynamics associated with the order–disorder transition is manifest in the low-frequency region of the spectral density. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.475689
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