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Over the past decade the study of fluidic droplets bouncing and skipping (or ``walking'') on a vibrating fluid bath has gone from an interesting experiment to a vibrant research field. The field exhibits challenging fluids problems,…
The premelting of ice is well known, but little is known about how the premelted and solid surfaces convert to each other. In this work, the transition dynamics between two phases are revealed with large-scale molecular dynamics…
This review article describes theoretical and experimental advances in using quantum dots as a system for studying impurity quantum phase transitions and the non-Fermi liquid behavior at the quantum critical point.
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We present quantum molecular dynamics calculations of thermophysical properties of solid and liquid zirconium in the vicinity of melting. An overview of available experimental data is also presented. We focus on the analysis of thermal…
This review introduces the elasticity theory of two-dimensional crystals and nematic liquid crystals on curved surfaces, the energetics of topological defects (disclinations, dislocations and pleats) in these ordered phases, and the…
We discuss recent research on the phase transitions in cerium under pressure, including new experiments on the gamma-alpha transition, which indicate that it is a hidden structural phase transition.
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In this article, we review the main theoretical methods applied to the study of liquid Helium adopting a microscopic approach, that is, starting from the many-particle Hamiltonian of the system. Following an introduction on the first early…
In simulations of a water-like model (ST2) that exhibits a liquid-liquid phase transition, we test for the occurrence of a thermodynamic region in which the liquid can be modelled as a two-component mixture. We assign each molecule to one…
Systematic simulations are carried out based on the model of fluidized beds proposed by the present authors [K.Ichiki and H.Hayakawa, Phys. Rev. E vol.52, 658 (1995)]. From our simulation, we confirm that fluidization is a continuous…
The past few years have seen many advances in our understanding of the dynamics of polymeric fluids. These include improvements on the successful reptation theory; an emerging molecular theory of semiflexible chain dynamics; and an…
The single-particle and collective dynamical properties of liquid lithium have been evaluated at several thermodynamic states near the triple point. This is performed within the framework of mode-coupling theory, using a self-consistent…
This chapter overviews sulfur chemical speciation and behavior in different types of hydrothermal fluids across the lithosphere, spanning from active geothermal systems to basinal brines, to metamorphic and magmatic-hydrothermal fluids. The…
Our understanding of the three basic states of matter (solids, liquids and gases) is based on temperature and pressure phase diagrams with three phase transition lines: solid-gas, liquid-gas and solid-liquid lines. There are analytical…
Liquid crystals have attracted enormous interest because of the variety of their phases and richness of their application. The interplay of general physical symmetries and specific molecular features generates a myriad of different…
We address the fundamental difference between solid-solid and liquid-liquid phase transitions within the Ericksen's nonlinear elasticity paradigm. To highlight ideas, we consider the simplest nontrivial 2D problem and work with a…
The liquid-gas phase transition and associated instability in two component systems are investigated using a mean field theory. The importance of the role of both the Coulomb force and symmetry energy terms are studied. The addition of the…
The status of the literature is reviewed for thermophysical properties of pure polycrystalline solid and liquid beryllium which constitute input for the modelling of intense plasma-surface interaction phenomena that are important for fusion…
The lack of accurate low-energy electron scattering cross sections for liquid water is a substantial source of uncertainty in the modelling of radiation chemistry and biology. The use of existing amorphous ice scattering cross sections for…