Formation of dissipative structures in microscopic models of mixtures with species interconversion.

ABSTRACT: The separation of substances into different phases is ubiquitous in nature and important scientifically and technologically. This phenomenon may become drastically different if the species involved, whether molecules or supramolecular assemblies, interconvert. In the presence of an external force large enough to overcome energetic differences between the interconvertible species (forced interconversion), the two alternative species will be present in equal amounts, and the striking phenomenon of steady-state, restricted phase separation into mesoscales is observed. Such microphase separation is one of the simplest examples of dissipative structures in condensed matter. In this work, we investigate the formation of such mesoscale steady-state structures through Monte Carlo and molecular dyn

SUBMITTER: Longo TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9910485 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature