No abstract

We report electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) evidence of the antiferromagnetic ordering in pristine single‐layer graphene. Temperature dependences of the parameters of EPR spectra obtained for vacuum‐processed samples were studied within the temperature range of 4.2–300 K. Our experiment has confirmed recent theoretical predictions that in single‐layer graphene the carrier‐mediated exchange interaction leads to antiferromagnetic coupling. We note some quantitative discrepancies between the theory and experimental findings and discuss their origins. (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

The effects of geometrical confinement on the molecular dynamics of liquid toluene in porous sol–gel silica glasses have been studied by the NMR method. The NMR deuteron spin–lattice relaxation times for toluene-d8, ortho-toluene-d1, and para-toluene-d1 were measured as a function of temperature for bulk and confined liquids. The rotational diffusion tensors for overall, internal, and anisotropic rotational diffusion have been determined. The effect of geometrical confinement results in a considerable decrease of the rotational diffusion constants and leads to a lowering of the symmetry of the anisotropic rotational diffusion tensor.