Preliminary Program subject to change
01A12 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Thermodynamics I
OverviewThe session welcomes contributions on experimental, theoretical, and computational studies of systems and phenomena where a sub-micron or nanoscale length (intermediate between an atomistic size and a macroscopic size) explicitly affects the thermodynamic and transport properties. Finite-size and fluctuation thermodynamics, non-equilibrium and equilibrium thermodynamics of soft-matter materials (such as polymers, gels, microemulsions, and bio-membranes), wetting and interfacial phenomena, nonequilibrium thermodynamics of pattern formation and fractals at nanoscale are examples of the topics to be considered for this session.
Primary SponsorThermodynamics and Transport Properties (01a)
Co-Sponsor(s)Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (See also Topical F) (22)

Chair

Mikhail A. Anisimov
Professor
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone Number: (301) 405 8049
Fax Number: (301) 314 9404
Email: anisimov@umd.edu

CoChair

Coray M. Colina
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
121 Steidle Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone Number: (919) 843 4566
Fax Number: (919) 962 2388
Email: ccolina@email.unc.edu

* Membership Number 0090128440
Freezing and Melting of Water in MCM-41 and Sba-15 Silica Materials
Gerhard H. Findenegg, Department of Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, Berlin, 10623, Germany, Susanne Jaehnert, Department of Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, Berlin, 10623, Germany, Gabriele E. Schaumann, Department of Environmental Technology, Technical University Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, Berlin, 10623, Germany and Andreas Schreiber, Porotec GmbH., Niederhofheimer Str. 55a, Hofheim/Ts., 65719, Germany
Generalization of Kelvin's Equation for Compressible Liquids in Nano-Confinement
Yiming Chen1, Timothy E. Wetzel2, Gregory L. Aranovich2 and Marc D. Donohue2, (1)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218
Determination of Wetting Transitions in Binary Mixtures at Three-Phase Coexistence Using Transition-Matrix Monte Carlo and Finite-Size Scaling
Vincent K. Shen, NIST, Physical and Chemical Properties Division, 100 Bureau Dr., MS 8380, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8380 and Jeffrey R. Errington, University at Buffalo, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 509 Furnas Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
Does Confining the Equilibrium Hard-Sphere Fluid between Hard Walls Change Its Average Properties?
Jeetain Mittal, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, Jeffrey R. Errington, University at Buffalo, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 509 Furnas Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 and Thomas M. Truskett, Chemical Engineering and Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C0400, Austin, TX 78712
Phase Behavior in Nanosystems: the Difference between the Canonical and Grand Canonical Ensembles
Alexander V. Neimark and Aleksey Vishnyakov, TRI/Princeton, 601 Prospect Ave, Princeton, NJ 08542
Nucleation and Growth of Aluminum Nanoparticles Using Monte Carlo Simulations
Divesh Bhatt, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, P190 Kolthoff Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455, Zhenhua Li, Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, Donald G. Truhlar, Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 247 Smith Hall, 207 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and J. Ilja Siepmann, University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431
Molecular Simulation of the Self-Assembly of Bent-Core Molecules at Water Surfaces
Nathan Duff1, Dan Lacks2, Ji Wang3 and Elizabeth Mann3, (1)Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Cleveland, OH 44106, (2)Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Cleveland, OH 44106, (3)Dept. of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals