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Phase Diagram of a Lattice Microemulsion Model in Two Dimensions

Condensed Matter 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

The phase diagram of a lattice microemulsion model proposed by Ciach, H{\o}ye and Stell is studied using mean-field theory and Monte Carlo simulations. Surfactant directional degrees of freedom are summed out exactly before mean-field theory is applied, and the resulting phase diagrams are much improved compared with previous mean-field results. The critical line and tricritical point is located using Monte Carlo simulations and finite size scaling.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9207006,
  title  = {Phase Diagram of a Lattice Microemulsion Model in Two Dimensions},
  author = {Per Arne Slotte},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9207006},
  year   = {2009}
}

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25 pages + 7 figures