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Marin Vatin¹, Magali Duvail¹, Philippe Guilbaud²

¹ICSM, CEA, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Marcoule, France. jean-francois.dufreche@icsm.fr.

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Surface phenomena alter interface geometry in liquid-liquid systems. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal planar, cylindrical, and spherical structures, with curvature effects influencing phase diagrams and predicting shell structures.

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Area of Science:

Physical Chemistry
Materials Science
Computational Physics

Background:

Understanding interface geometry is crucial for liquid-liquid systems.
Surface tension and curvature effects significantly influence system morphology.
Molecular dynamics simulations offer insights into nanoscale phenomena.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of surface phenomena on interface geometry in liquid-liquid systems.
To explore the role of curvature effects on phase diagrams and structure formation.
To reconcile theoretical models with simulation results for water/heptane systems.

Main Methods:

Utilizing molecular dynamics simulations.
Employing periodic boundary conditions to model bulk systems.
Analyzing interface geometry under varying compositions and box elongations.

Main Results:

Observed successive formation of planar, cylindrical, and spherical structures.
Demonstrated that Tolman curvature effects desymmetrize phase diagrams.
Identified inconsistencies with high curvature and proposed Helfrich model as a partial resolution.

Conclusions:

Surface phenomena are key drivers of interface geometry in liquid-liquid systems.
Curvature effects, while stabilizing some structures, introduce complexities at high curvatures.
The Helfrich model offers a framework for understanding frustrated systems with shell structures.