We study model square-well fluids with well-width parameter λ = 1.5 confined to hard planar slits. We derive a general computer simulation method for numerically calculating an arbitrary first derivative of the canonical ensemble partition function with respect to a simulation parameter, which we call the Virtual-Parameter-Variation method. Two special cases of this approach are the Widom test-...

Investigations of surface roughness effects on the structure, dynamics and rheology of a molecular fluid (hexadecane) confined between solid (gold) surfaces, through the use of large-scale molecular dynamics simulations, reveal a remarkable sensitivity to the confining surface morphology. A most significant reduction of the ordering propensity is found in films confined by stationary rough surf...

Immunoreactive insulin, like inulin, quickly equilibrates with interstitial fluid, as evidenced by recovery in thoracic duct lymph in man. Insulin-like activity not accounted for by immunoreactive insulin behaves as a large protein and is confined to the vascular compartment.