Surface and bulk interchange energy in binary mixtures of chain molecules

E. Sloutskin, E. B. Sirota, O. Gang, X. Z. Wu, B. M. Ocko, M. Deutsch

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Abstract

The interchange (interaction) parameter, controlling the phase behaviour of a binary mixture, is determined for the bulk and the surface of binary mixtures of different types of chain molecules, using surface tensiometry and a mean-field theory. For all mixtures and concentrations studied an identical behaviour is observed at the surface, depending only on the square of the reduced chain length mismatch Δ n n̄ , where Δ n and n̄ are the difference in and average of the number of carbons of the two components.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)109-112
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Physical Journal E
Volume13
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2004

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