Liquid-mesophase-solid transitions: Systematics of a density-wave theory

Equilibrium gas–liquid–solid contact angle from density-functional theory

We investigate the equilibrium of a fluid in contact with a solid boundary through a density-functional theory. Depending on the conditions, the fluid can be in one phase, gas or liquid, or two phases, while the wall induces an external field acting on the fluid particles. We first examine the case of a liquid film in contact with the wall. We construct bifurcation diagrams for the film thickne...

Rheology of Polymers Near Liquid-Solid Transitions

Polymeric materials near the liquid-solid transition (LST) exhibit a very distinct relaxation pattern. The reference point for analyzing these patterns is the instant of LST at which relaxation becomes self-similar over wide ranges of the relaxation time. The universality of this transition and its consequences have been explored extensively during the past decade. This study will present an ov...

Nematic-Smectic A and Nematic-Solid Transitions of Parallel Hard Spherocylinders from Density Functional Theory

A simple density functional theory for the various liquid-crystalline phases of parallel hard spherocylinders is formulated on the basis of Pynn's ansatz for the direct correlation function of the spherocylinders. Fair agreement with the computer simulations is found. It was Onsager [1] who showed for the first time that a nematic liquid crystalline phase can be formed, above a certain density,...

Quantum phase transitions and Fermi liquid theory

The Liquid Density of Complex Liquid Mixtures

A second virial coefficient correlation suitable for two different temperatures ranges, (T*)-2£180 and (T*)-2>180, where T* is RT/DHvap is presented. The equation of state can be calculated for different, complicated non-polar, and slightly polar liquid mixtures at any temperature over the range from Ttp to T<su...