Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: We find that a system of particles interacting through a simple isotropic potential with a softened core is able to exhibit a rich phase behavior including: a liquid-liquid transition in the supercooled phase, as has been suggested for water, a gas-liquid-liquid triple point, a freezing line with anomalous reentrant behavior. The essential ingredient leading to these features resides in the presence of two effective radii in the repulsive core. The potential investigated appears appropriate for a class of spherical polymeric micelles recently investigated.
Authors: Gianpietro Malescio, Giuseppe Pellicane
Institution: University of Messina
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2020031057