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Area of Science:

Condensed Matter Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Soft Matter Physics

Background:

The glass transition is a fundamental phenomenon in liquids, crucial for understanding their behavior under confinement.
Mode-coupling theory (MCT) provides a microscopic framework for studying the glass transition in bulk and low-dimensional systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To extend mode-coupling theory (MCT) for liquids confined between parallel hard walls.
To develop a microscopic theory for the glass transition in such confined geometries.
To investigate the influence of confinement geometry on the glass transition dynamics.

Main Methods:

Extending the established mode-coupling theory (MCT) framework.
Incorporating equilibrium density profiles and structure factors of confined fluids as input.
Evaluating the phase diagram as a function of plate separation for a hard sphere fluid model.

Main Results:

The developed theory correctly reproduces bulk and two-dimensional MCT equations as limiting cases.
An oscillatory behavior of the glass transition line was observed as a function of plate distance.
This oscillation is directly linked to structural changes, specifically layering, induced by confinement.

Conclusions:

The microscopic theory successfully describes the glass transition of confined liquids.
Confinement-induced layering significantly impacts the glass transition, leading to oscillatory behavior in the phase diagram.
This work provides a theoretical tool to understand glass formation in geometrically restricted systems.