a method based on the genetic algorithm (ga) was developed to study the phase behavior of multicomponent and multiphase systems. upon application of the ga to the thermodynamic models which are commonly used to study the vle, vlle and lle phase equilibria, the physically meaningful values for the binary interaction parameters (bip) of the models were obtained. using the method proposed in this ...

it seems using the maxwell-stefan (m-s) diffusion model in combination with the vacancy solutiontheory (vst) and the single-component adsorption data provides a superior, qualitative, andquantitative prediction of diffusion in zeolites. in the m-s formulation, thermodynamic factor (г) isan essential parameter which must be estimated by an adsorption isotherm. researchers usually utilizethe simp...

We study the phase behavior of solutions consisting of positive and negative ions of valence z to which a third ionic species of valence Z > z is added. Using a discretized Debye-Hückel theory, we analyze the phase behavior of such systems for different values of the ratio Z̄ ≡ Z/z. We find, for Z̄ > 1.934, a three-phase coexistence region and, for Z̄ > 2, a closed (reentrant) coexistence loop at ...

The interplay of adhesion and phase separation is studied theoretically for two-component membranes that can phase separate into two fluid phases such as liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered phases. Many adhesion geometries provide two different environments for these membranes and then partition the membranes into two segments that differ in their composition. Examples are provided by adhering...

The structure of the ripple phase of phospholipid membranes remains poorly understood in spite of a large number of theoretical studies, with many experimentally established structural features of this phase unaccounted for. In this article we present a phenomenological theory of phase transitions in single- and two-component achiral lipid membranes in terms of two coupled order parameters: a s...