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Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale


Description:
The session welcomes contributions on experimental, theoretical, and computational studies of systems and phenomena where a nanoscale characteristic length explicitly affects thermodynamic and transport properties. Fundamentals of nanoscale thermodynamics, such as finite-size and fluctuation thermodynamics, non-equilibrium and equilibrium thermodynamics of micro phase separation, phase transitions in nano-confined systems, nonequilibrium thermodynamics of pattern formation and fractals at nanoscale are examples of the topics to be considered for this session.

Sponsor:
Thermodynamics and Transport Properties


Chair:
Dilip Asthagiri
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone Number: 410-516-3475
Email: dilipa@jhu.edu

Co-Chair:
Cynthia Lo
Washington University in St. Louis
Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
St. Louis, MO 63112
Fax Number: 314-935-7211
Email: clo@wustl.edu


Papers:
Crossover From a Hydrophobic to Hydrophilic Force Law in a Coarse-Grained Water Model
Aviel Chaimovich, University of California Santa Barbara; Rahul R. Lele, University of California Santa Barbara; Jacob Israelachvili, University of California Santa Barbara; M. Scott Shell, University of California Santa Barbara
Extended Flory-Huggins Model for Poly-(ethylene) Oxide Solutions
Mangesh Chaudhari, Tulane University; Lawrence R. Pratt, Tulane University
Investigating Polymer Relaxation in Nanochannels and Nanoslits
Yeng-Long Chen, Academia Sinica; Jen-Fang Chang, Academia Sinica; Pokeng Lin, Academia Sinica
Fast Monte Carlo Simulation of Liquid Crystal Nanodroplets by Theoretically-Informed Metropolis Sampling of Alignment-Tensor Fields
Juan Pablo Hernandez-Ortiz, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellin; Orlando Guzman, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa; Tyler Roberts, University of Wisconsin Madison; Juan J. de Pablo, University of Wisconsin-Madison
How Can Talc Surfaces Be Both Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic?
Benjamin Rotenberg, Laboratoire PECSA, UMR 7195, CNRS et UPMC-Paris; Amish J. Patel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David Chandler, University of California, Berkeley
Structure and Properties of Sticky Colloids in Confined Systems
Deepti Ballal, Rice University; Walter G. Chapman, Rice University
An Eyring-Based Model to Estimate the Dynamic Viscosity of Nanofluids
Ricardo Macias-Salinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional
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