The Janus fluid a theoretical perspective Riccardo Fantoni

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fantoni, Riccardo

Series:

SpringerBriefs in physics

SpringerBriefs in physics 2191-5423

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fluids.

Colloids.

Nanoparticles.

Physics.

Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

Physical Chemistry.

Numerical and Computational Physics.

Medical Subjects:

Nanoparticles.

Local Subjects:

Physics.

Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

Physical Chemistry.

Numerical and Computational Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham New York Springer ©2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The state-of-the-art in the theoretical statistical physics treatment of the Janus fluid is reported with a bridge between new research results published in journal articles and a contextual literature review. Recent Monte Carlo simulations on the Kern and Frenkel model of the Janus fluid have revealed that in the vapor phase, below the critical point, there is the formation of preferred inert clusters made up of a well-defined number of particles: the micelles and the vesicles. This is responsible for a re-entrant gas branch of the gas-liquid binodal. Detailed account of this findings are given in the first chapter where the Janus fluid is introduced as a product of new sophisticated synthesis laboratory techniques. In the second chapter a cluster theory is developed to approximate the exact clustering properties stemming from the simulations. It is shown that the theory is able to reproduce semi-quantitatively the micellization phenomenon

Contents:

What is a Janus Fluid? Clustering and Micellization in a Janus Fluid

Machine generated contents note: 1. What is a Janus Fluid

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Classical Statistical Physics Problem

1.3. Experimental Methods

1.3.1. Measurements on a Macroscopic Scale

1.3.2. Measurements on a Microscopic Scale

1.4. Numerical Simulations

1.4.1. Molecular Dynamics

1.4.2. Monte Carlo

1.5. Relationship Between the Structure and the Thermodynamics

1.6. Integral Equation Approach

1.7. Thermodynamic Perturbation Approach

1.8. Phase Diagram of a Janus Fluid

1.9. Structure of a Janus Fluid

1.10. Perspectives

2. Clustering and Micellization in a Janus Fluid

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Kern and Frenkel Model

2.3. Clustering Properties

2.4. Cluster Theory for Janus Particles

2.5. Relationship Between the Configurational Partition Functions

2.5.1. Inter-Cluster Configurational Partition Function

2.5.2. Intra-Cluster Configurational Partition Function

2.5.3. Thermodynamic Quantities

2.6. Results

2.6.1. Case Δ = σ/2

2.6.2. Case Δ = σ/4

2.6.3. Case Δ = 3σ/20

2.7. Conclusions

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Other Format:

Print version Fantoni, Riccardo. Janus fluid

ISBN:

9783319004075

3319004077

OCLC:

845034081

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