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Arjen Bot^1,2, Erik van der Linden², Paul Venema²

¹Unilever Foods Innovation Centre, Bronland 14, NL-6708 WH Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Area of Science:

Physical Chemistry
Polymer Science
Biophysics

Background:

Understanding phase behavior in multi-component systems is crucial for various scientific fields.
Macromolecular systems often exhibit complex liquid-liquid phase separation.
Existing models struggle with a high number of components (N ≥ 2).

Purpose of the Study:

To develop analytical expressions for spinodal manifolds in N-dimensional systems.
To derive a new method for calculating critical manifolds and compositions.
To simplify the computational analysis of phase separation in systems with many components.

Main Methods:

Utilizing virial expansion up to the second order of component concentrations.
Deriving formal analytical expressions for spinodal manifolds.
Transforming the problem into inequalities solvable via linear programming.
Obtaining a new expression for critical manifold and coexisting phase composition.

Main Results:

Formal analytical expressions for spinodal manifolds in N dimensions were derived.
A simplified calculation method using linear programming was established.
A novel expression for the critical manifold and coexisting phase composition was obtained.

Conclusions:

The developed analytical procedure offers a significant advancement over previous statistical approaches.
This method aids in predicting the effects of polydispersity on phase behavior.
Findings are applicable to polymer science, food science, and understanding cellular phase separation.