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One of the fundamental questions in the field of subatomic physics is what happens to matter at extreme densities and temperatures as may have existed in the first microseconds after the Big Bang and exists, perhaps, in the core of dense…
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We review the models developed and techniques used in recent years to study the kinetics of phase ordering in a class of complex fluids, namely, ternary microemulsions and micellar solutions.
An approach based on a lattice version of the Boltzmann kinetic equation for describing multi-phase flows in nano- and micro-corrugated devices is proposed. We specialize it to describe the wetting/dewetting transition of fluids in presence…
The liquid-liquid phase transition in high-pressure Hydrogen is a problem of longstanding and controversy. The recent Nature paper by Cheng et al. [vol. 585, p. 217] makes a set of strong claims to the effect that all the previous density…