A generalization of the recent version of the statistical associating fluid theory for variable range Mie potentials [Lafitte et al., J. Chem. Phys. 139, 154504 (2013)] is formulated within the framework of a group contribution approach (SAFT-γ Mie). Molecules are represented as comprising distinct functional (chemical) groups based on a fused heteronuclear molecular model, where the interactio...

The complex behavior of liquid water, along with its anomalies and their crucial role in the existence of life, continue to attract the attention of researchers. The anomalous behavior of water is more pronounced at subfreezing temperatures and numerous theoretical and experimental studies are directed towards developing a coherent thermodynamic and dynamic framework for understanding supercool...

Due to the rapid progress in genome analysis, complete genome sequences of many organisms become available. Now proteins are the next target for intensive study, as evidenced by the emerging fields such as structural genomics and proteome analysis. In order to elucidate molecular function of proteins, we need to have knowledge of their amino acid sequence and structure. The sequence and structu...

We propose a general form for global analytic equations of state for which close to critical points, the correct universality and scaling behavior is guaranteed. A consequence of the construction is that the generally accepted belief that the dependent scaling field cannot be written as an explicit function of the relevant scaling fields without causing strongly singular behavior of the thermod...

Fourth-order cumulants of physical quantities have been used to characterize the nature of a phase transition. In this paper we report some Monte Carlo simulations to illustrate the behavior of fourth-order cumulants of magnetization and energy across second and rstorder transitions in the phase diagram of a well known spin-1 Ising model. Simple ideas from the theory of thermodynamic uctuations...

We introduce a new mean field kinetic model for systems of rational agents interacting in a game-theoretical framework. This model is inspired from noncooperative anonymous games with a continuum of players and Mean-Field Games. The large time behavior of the system is given by a macroscopic closure with a Nash equilibrium serving as the local thermodynamic equilibrium. An application of the pr...

Due to fluctuations around the metric entropy of chaotic dynamical systems there exists a spectrum of invariant dynamical scaling indices, complementary to the range of invariant static scaling indices which have been discovered and apphed recently. The basic scaling behavior in both cases is shown to be rooted in the thermodynamic formalism of dynamical systems. An explicit simple example of t...

Helix–coil transition of complexes DNA with two ligands of different binding mechanisms to native and melted regions of biopolymer is considered using the most probable distribution method. It was shown that obtained biphasic behavior of helix–coil transition curves depends on both binding affinity and concentration of ligands in solution. Thermodynamic behavior of the ligands having higher and...

This paper demonstrates the capabilities of the PFGC-MES equation of state (EOS) for calculating the thermodynamic properties in the superheated region for pure refrigerants. In addition the ability of this EOS is also tested for predicting the VLE behavior of binary mixtures. For pure compounds several properties in the superheated region are predicted. The calculated results and the experimen...