Physical Confinement and Clamping

The (de)hydrogenation process involves a change in volume, and, hence, the boundary conditions at the interface of the nanoparticles are expected to have an influence on the relative stability of the hydride with respect to the metal. For thin Aims it is known that 2 D clamping at the thin film/substrate interface can lead to very 

Mg/MgH2particles confined in a carbon nanotube and (b) calculated hydrogen sorption energy at 0 l for a confined (curve a) and non-confined system (curve b) as a function of 

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