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Phase Diagram Characterization Using Magnetic Beads as Liquid Carriers
Published on: September 4, 2015
Phase diagram of a two-dimensional system with anomalous liquid properties
Ahmad M Almudallal1, Sergey V Buldyrev, Ivan Saika-Voivod
1Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X7, Canada.
Abstract:
Using Monte Carlo simulation techniques, we calculate the phase diagram for a square-shoulder square-well potential in two dimensions that has been previously shown to exhibit liquid anomalies consistent with a metastable liquid-liquid critical point. We consider the liquid, gas, and five crystal phases, and find that all the melting lines are first order, despite a small range of metastability. One melting line exhibits a temperature maximum, as well as a pressure maximum that implies inverse melting over a small range in pressure.
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