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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Phase Separation of Colloid Polymer Mixtures Under Confinement

Antonia StattAlexander WinklerPeter VirnauKurt Binder

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationPhase transitionComputer scienceMonte Carlo methodKineticsPolymerCondensed Matter::Soft Condensed MatterSolventContact angleColloidMolecular dynamicschemistryChemical physicsPhase (matter)Thermodynamic limit

description

Colloid polymer mixtures exhibit vapor-liquid like and liquid-solid like phase transitions in bulk suspensions, and are well-suited model systems to explore confinement effects on these phase transitions. Static aspects of these phenomena are studied by large-scale Monte Carlo simulations, including novel “ensemble switch” methods to estimate excess free energies due to confining walls. The kinetics of phase separation is investigated by a Molecular Dynamics method, where hydrodynamic effects due to the solvent are included via the multiparticle collision dynamics method.

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2013-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02165-2_2