| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 75, Number 6, September 2006
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 901 - 907 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structural, mechanical and thermal properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10216-4 | |
| Published online | 23 August 2006 | |
Liquid-liquid coexistence in the phase diagram of a fluid confined in fractal porous materials
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università “Roma Tre” and Democritos National Simulation Center, INFM-CNR Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Roma, Italy
Received:
18
May
2006
Accepted:
31
July
2006
Multicanonical ensemble sampling simulations have been performed to calculate the phase diagram of a Lennard-Jones fluid embedded in a fractal random matrix generated through diffusion-limited cluster aggregation. The study of the system at increasing size and constant porosity shows that the results are independent of the matrix realization but not of the size effects. A gas-liquid transition shifted with respect to bulk is found. On growing the size of the system on the high-density side of the gas-liquid coexistence curve there appears a second coexistence region between two liquid phases. These two phases are characterized by a different behaviour of the local density inside the interconnected porous structure at the same temperature and chemical potential.
PACS: 61.20.Ja – Computer simulation of liquid structure / 61.20.-p – Structure of liquids / 64.70.Fx – Liquid-vapor transitions
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