The phase diagram of MBBA confined in porous solids was studied by X-r
ay diffraction and DSC. The analysis of the experimental results revea
led that the polymorphism and the transformation temperatures are modi
fied by the confinement in controlled-pore glasses (CPG). The smaller
the pore diameter, the more significant the effect is. The shift of th
e transformation temperatures is quasi linear with (1/d), where d is t
he pore diameter.