Theoretical study of solvent-mediated Ising-like systems: One-dimensional version

Ken-ichi Amano

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2012, vol. 391, issue 20, 4615-4623

Abstract: We theoretically study physical properties of solutes placed in a straight line and at regular intervals. The solute is a rigid-body and has an arrow-like shape, which changes its direction up (↑) or down (↓). If the rigid solutes are immersed in a continuum solvent, nothing happens in the system (it is an obvious fact). However, the property of the directions differs in a granular solvent (e.g., hard-sphere solvent). Depending on the distance between the nearest-neighbor solutes, the directional correlation between them is periodically changed as follows: “parallel-tendency (↑↑)” ↔ “random” ↔ “antiparallel-tendency (↑↓)”. Studying a newly created nanosystem, it is able to discover interesting properties hiding in the nanosystem. We believe that such an approach contributes to the development of nanotechnology.

Keywords: Polymer chain; Nanosystem; Nanotechnology; Ising model; Solvation free energy; Solvation entropy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2012.05.059

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