Phase Transitions and Dynamics Studies of Nanocomposite Materials

A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials".

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Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: phase transitions; nanocomposites; dynamics; critical phenomena

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Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: biophysics; phase transitions

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Dear Colleagues,

It is our honour to invite you to participate in a Special Issue of Crystals entitled "Phase Transitions and Dynamics Studies of Nanocomposite Materials". In the 21st century, nanocomposites are a field of research that is constantly being developed and focuses on a promising group of materials with considerable possibilities. Nanocomposites have applications in optoelectronics, electronics, bioengineering, and electrical engineering. By combining their numerous properties, nanocomposites can be used to solve some of the important problems of recent years, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, develo** renewable energy systems, or increasing the strength and biocompatibility of medical implants. Crystalline materials play an important role in nanocomposites. They are an important component of the system and usually show a change in physical properties. The nano size causes a change in behaviour under the influence of external factors. Therefore, it is important to study these properties in complex systems and under extreme conditions. It is also worth mentioning that nanocrystallites play a key role in electrical and thermal conductivity, as well as in the sintering process of ceramic materials, which directly affects the macroscopic properties of the materials. The aim of this Special Issue is therefore to gather experts from many fields to highlight the latest research trends, but above all to demonstrate the multidisciplinary nature of the subject and standardizing its legitimacy.

Dr. Szymon Starzonek
Prof. Dr. Aleš Iglič
Guest Editors

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Pre-critical and Giant Post-Freezing and Pre-Melting Effects for Dielectric Properties in a Binary Mixture of Limited Miscibility
by Jakub Kalabiński, Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska, Szymon Starzonek and Sylwester J. Rzoska
Crystals 2024, 14(7), 612; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14070612 - 30 Jun 2024
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This report presents the results of dielectric studies in a nitrobenzene–decane critical mixture in the homogeneous liquid, biphasic mesophase, and the solid crystal phase. It focuses on detecting critical effects in the broad surrounding of the critical consolute temperature and pre-melting and post-freezing [...] Read more.
This report presents the results of dielectric studies in a nitrobenzene–decane critical mixture in the homogeneous liquid, biphasic mesophase, and the solid crystal phase. It focuses on detecting critical effects in the broad surrounding of the critical consolute temperature and pre-melting and post-freezing effects in the solid crystal phase. The strong manifestation of the diameter critical anomaly in the biphasic domain and the Mossotti catastrophe type pre-melting and post-freezing effects in the solid phase are evidenced. Studies include the puzzling low-frequency (LF) domain related to translational processes. The real part of electric conductivity, in LF limit, is well portrayed by the super-Arrhenius-type equation in the homogenous liquid and solid phases. The obtained experimental evidence can be significant for the cognitive progress of the still puzzling melting/freezing canonic discontinuous transition. Full article
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