期刊
MOLECULAR PHYSICS
卷 109, 期 7-10, 页码 1101-1119出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2010.548343
关键词
phase transitions; inhomogeneous fluid mixtures; mesoscopic theory
资金
- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education [NN 202 006034]
- Ukrainian-Polish joint research project 'Statistical theory of complex systems with electrostatic interactions'
Mesoscopic density functional theory for inhomogeneous mixtures of spherical particles is developed in terms of mesoscopic volume fractions by a systematic coarse-graining procedure starting form microscopic theory. Approximate expressions for the correlation functions and for the grand potential are obtained for weak ordering on mesoscopic length scales. Stability analysis of the disordered phase is performed in mean-field approximation (MF) and beyond. MF shows existence of either a spinodal or a -surface on the volume fraction-temperature phase diagram. Separation into homogeneous phases or formation of inhomogeneous distribution of particles occurs on the low-temperature side of the former or the latter surface respectively, depending on both the interaction potentials and the size ratios between particles of different species. Beyond MF the spinodal surface is shifted, and the instability at the -surface is suppressed by fluctuations. We interpret the -surface as a borderline between homogeneous and inhomogeneous (containing clusters or other aggregates) structure of the disordered phase. For two-component systems explicit expressions for the MF spinodal and -surfaces are derived. Examples of interaction potentials of simple form are analysed in some detail, in order to identify conditions leading to inhomogeneous structures.
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