Quasi-one dimensional fluids that exhibit higher dimensional behavior

Silvina M. Gatica, M. Mercedes Calbi, George Stan, R. Andreea Trasca, Milton W. Cole

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Abstract

Fluids confined within narrow channels exhibit a variety of phases and phase transitions associated with their reduced dimensionality. In this review paper, we illustrate the crossover from quasi-one dimensional to higher effective dimensionality behavior of fluids adsorbed within different carbon nanotubes geometries. In the single nanotube geometry, no phase transitions can occur at finite temperature. Instead, we identify a crossover from a quasi-one dimensional to a two dimensional behavior of the adsorbate. In bundles of nanotubes, phase transitions at finite temperature arise from the transverse coupling of interactions between channels.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5051-5059
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics B
Volume24
Issue number25-26
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 20 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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