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Entropy-driven demixing in spherocylinder binary mixtures.

H Bosetti1, A Perera

  • 1Laboratoire de Physique Théorique des Liquides, Unité associée au CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Case Courrier 121, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|April 20, 2001
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This study explores binary fluid mixture stability using geometrical approximations for hard nonspherical particles. It predicts fluid-fluid demixing based on molecular geometry and thickness differences, offering insights into entropic demixing.

Area of Science:

  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Soft Matter Physics
  • Physical Chemistry

Background:

  • Understanding the stability and phase behavior of fluid mixtures is crucial in physical chemistry.
  • Hard nonspherical particles present complex interactions influencing mixture properties.
  • Direct correlation functions are key to modeling fluid behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the stability of binary fluid mixtures concerning demixing transitions.
  • To develop and apply a geometrical approximation for direct correlation functions.
  • To predict demixing spinodal lines analytically for hard nonspherical particles.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a geometrical approximation of the direct correlation function for hard nonspherical particles.
  • Deriving the demixing spinodal line analytically in the concentration plane.

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  • Applying the theory to binary mixtures of hard spherocylinders in the isotropic phase.

    • Main Results:

    • The demixing spinodal line is a quadratic function of packing fraction and composition.
    • Isotropic fluid-fluid demixing is predicted for various spherocylinder sizes and aspect ratios.
    • Entropic demixing requires significant thickness differences between particles; it's forbidden for hard sphere mixtures.

    Conclusions:

    • The geometrical theory predicts demixing for hard spherocylinder mixtures, with entropic demixing driven by thickness disparity.
    • Ordering instabilities can influence or dominate demixing behavior.
    • The theory offers distinct predictions from Onsager-type approaches for intermediate cases.