03131nam 2200565 a 450 991074118300332120200520144314.03-319-00407-710.1007/978-3-319-00407-5(CKB)2670000000371234(EBL)1316981(SSID)ssj0000904405(PQKBManifestationID)11476602(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000904405(PQKBWorkID)10920108(PQKB)11451553(DE-He213)978-3-319-00407-5(MiAaPQ)EBC1316981(PPN)170489736(EXLCZ)99267000000037123420130403d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Janus fluid a theoretical perspective /Riccardo Fantoni1st ed. 2013.Cham [Germany] ;New York Springer20131 online resource (56 p.)SpringerBriefs in physics,2191-5423Description based upon print version of record.3-319-00406-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.What is a Janus Fluid? -- Introduction -- The Classical Statistical Physics Problem -- Experimental Methods -- Numerical Simulations -- Relationship between the Structure and the Thermodynamics -- The Phase Diagram of a Janus Fluid -- The Structure of a Janus Fluid -- Clustering and Micellization in a Janus Fluid -- Introduction -- The Kern and Frenkel Model -- Clustering Properties -- A Cluster Theory for Janus Particles -- Relationship between the Configurational Partition Functions -- Results.The state-of-the-art in the theoretical statistical physics treatment of the Janus fluid is reported with a bridge between new research results published in journal articles and a contextual literature review. Recent Monte Carlo simulations on the Kern and Frenkel model of the Janus fluid have revealed that in the vapor phase, below the critical point, there is the formation of preferred inert clusters made up of a well-defined number of particles: the micelles and the vesicles. This is responsible for a re-entrant gas branch of the gas-liquid binodal. Detailed account of this findings are given in the first chapter where the Janus fluid is introduced as a product of new sophisticated synthesis laboratory techniques. In the second chapter a cluster theory is developed to approximate the exact clustering properties stemming from the simulations. It is shown that the theory is able to reproduce semi-quantitatively the micellization phenomenon.SpringerBriefs in physics.Particles (Nuclear physics)Integral equationsAsymptotic theoryParticles (Nuclear physics)Integral equationsAsymptotic theory.530.15Fantoni Riccardo1424720MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910741183003321The Janus Fluid3554192UNINA