Data di Pubblicazione:
2003
Citazione:
Phase transitions in simple and not so simple binary fluids / A. Parola, D. Pini, L. Reatto, M. Tau. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER. - ISSN 0953-8984. - 15:1(2003 Jan 15), pp. S381-S386. [10.1088/0953-8984/15/1/352]
Abstract:
Compared to pure fluids, binary mixtures display a very diverse phase behaviour, which depends sensitively on the parameters of the microscopic potential. Here we investigate the phase diagrams of simple model mixtures by use of a microscopic implementation of the renormalization group technique. First, we consider a symmetric mixture with attractive interactions, possibly relevant for describing fluids of molecules with internal degrees of freedom. Despite the simplicity of the model, slightly tuning the strength of the interactions between unlike species drastically changes the topology of the phase boundary, forcing or inhibiting demixing, and brings about several interesting features such as double critical points, tricritical points, and coexistence domains enclosing `islands' of homogeneous, mixed fluid. Homogeneous phase separation in mixtures can be driven also by purely repulsive interactions. As an example, we consider a model of soft particles which has been adopted to describe binary polymer solutions. This is shown to display a demixing (fluid-fluid) transition at sufficiently high density. The nature and the physical properties of the corresponding phase transition are investigated.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
symmetric mixtures ; phase diagrams ; renormalization group ; critical points ; tricritical points ; soft particle model ; binary polymer solutions ; demixing transition
Elenco autori:
A. Parola, D. Pini, L. Reatto, M. Tau
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