Sedimentation of a Two-Dimensional Colloidal Mixture Exhibiting Liquid-Liquid and Gas-Liquid Phase Separation: A Dynamical Density Functional Theory Study
Result description
We present dynamical density functional theory results for the time evolution of the density distribution of a sedimenting model two-dimensional binary mixture of colloids. The interplay between the bulk phase behaviour of the mixture, its interfacial properties at the confining walls, and the gravitational field gives rise to a rich variety of equilibrium and non-equilibrium morphologies. In the fluid state, the system exhibits both liquid-liquid and gas-liquid phase separation. As the system sediments, the phase separation significantly affects the dynamics and we explore situations where the final state is a coexistence of up to three different phases. Solving the dynamical equations in two-dimensions, we find that in certain situations the final density profiles of the two species have a symmetry that is different from that of the external potentials, which is perhaps surprising, given the statistical mechanics origin of the theory. The paper concludes with a discussion on this.
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RIV/60461373:22340/13:43895557
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angličtina
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Sedimentation of a Two-Dimensional Colloidal Mixture Exhibiting Liquid-Liquid and Gas-Liquid Phase Separation: A Dynamical Density Functional Theory Study
Original language description
We present dynamical density functional theory results for the time evolution of the density distribution of a sedimenting model two-dimensional binary mixture of colloids. The interplay between the bulk phase behaviour of the mixture, its interfacial properties at the confining walls, and the gravitational field gives rise to a rich variety of equilibrium and non-equilibrium morphologies. In the fluid state, the system exhibits both liquid-liquid and gas-liquid phase separation. As the system sediments, the phase separation significantly affects the dynamics and we explore situations where the final state is a coexistence of up to three different phases. Solving the dynamical equations in two-dimensions, we find that in certain situations the final density profiles of the two species have a symmetry that is different from that of the external potentials, which is perhaps surprising, given the statistical mechanics origin of the theory. The paper concludes with a discussion on this.
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Jx - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
CF - Physical chemistry and theoretical chemistry
OECD FORD branch
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Project
GA13-09914S: A controlling of diffusion processes in pores with varying permeability
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Journal of Chemical Physics
ISSN
0021-9606
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Volume of the periodical
139
Issue of the periodical within the volume
14
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
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UT code for WoS article
000325780800047
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Result type
Jx - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP
CF - Physical chemistry and theoretical chemistry
Year of implementation
2013