| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
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| Research Abstract |
It is well known that n-alkanes exhibit surface freezing, where a solid monolayer forms at the surface of an isotropic liquid above its bulk melting temperature. This is a distinct contrast to a surface-melting phenomenon in the low-molecular substance. In this study, we investigated the melting processes of n-alkane thin films by molecular dynamics simulations. In the case of n-nonane, it is found that melting occurs from the surface, which indicates that n-nonane exhibits surface melting. In the case of n-nonadecane, on the other hand, we find a temperature range where the middle layer is in the molten states and both surface layers remain in the crystalline state (surface frozen state).
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