The phase diagram of a simple model with two patches of type A and ten patches of type B (2A10B) on the face centred cubic lattice has been calculated by simulations and theory. Assuming that there is no interaction between the B patches the behavior of the system can be described in terms of the ratio of the AB and AA interactions, r. Our results show that, similarly to what happens for relate...

The effects of impurities on the intergranular penetration of Bi based liquids in polycrystalline Ni at 700 C were systematically investigated. In comparison with a nominally pure Ni (99.9945%), the presence of a total amount of <0.5 at.% impurities of Mn, Fe and Si in the Ni increased the penetration length by six times when a near-equilibrium Bi–Ni liquid was applied; when an initially pure B...

Porous solids used in practical applications often possess structural disorder over broad length scales. This strongly affects different properties of the substances confined their pore spaces. Quantifying and correlating it with physical matter is thus a necessary step toward rational use porous process optimization. The present work focuses on recent advances made understanding correlations b...

We study global minimizers of a functional modeling the free energy thin liquid layers over solid substrate under combined effect surface, gravitational, and intermolecular potentials. When latter ones have mild repulsive singularity at short ranges, are compactly supported display microscopic contact angle $\pi/2$. Depending on form potential, macroscopic shape can either be droplet-like or pa...