@article {472,
	title = {Forces between chemically patterned plates immersed in binary liquid mixtures},
	journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
	volume = {117},
	number = {7},
	year = {2002},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 579WWTimes Cited: 9Cited Reference Count: 31},
	month = {Aug},
	pages = {3391-3397},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Grand canonical Monte Carlo calculations are used to investigate the phase behavior of a binary mixture of Lennard-Jones particles confined between planar, parallel, chemically patterned plates. Attention is focused on the influence of surface-induced transitions on the net force acting between the plates. In addition to the stable and metastable bulk states that play a crucial role for homogeneous surfaces, for certain patterns and surface separations a bridge phase analogous to that recently reported for one-component systems is observed. It is found that bridge phase formation leads to strongly attractive plate-plate forces that are equal in magnitude to those observed for homogeneous surfaces. The significance of our results for the interaction and behavior of nonuniform macroparticles in solution is discussed. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.},
	keywords = {CHARGED HARD-SPHERES, HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES, LENNARD-JONES FLUID, MACROPARTICLES, MONTE-CARLO, PHASE-TRANSITION, STATISTICAL-MECHANICS, WALLS, WATER},
	isbn = {0021-9606},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000177202300048},
	author = {Overduin, S. D. and Patey, G. N.}
}
@article {5086,
	title = {Demixing and the force between parallel plates immersed in binary liquid mixtures},
	journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
	volume = {114},
	number = {16},
	year = {2001},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 420ZQTimes Cited: 16Cited Reference Count: 23},
	month = {Apr},
	pages = {7182-7188},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Grand Canonical Monte Carlo calculations are used to examine the phase behavior of model binary liquid mixtures confined between parallel plates. The stable and metastable states are identified by direct evaluation of the grand potential. It is shown that demixing transitions can lead to long-range attractive forces acting between the plates, verifying earlier predictions based on approximate integral equation theories. The nature of these transitions and the physical origin of the accompanying attractive forces are discussed. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.},
	keywords = {CHARGED HARD-SPHERES, HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES, LENNARD-JONES FLUID, MACROPARTICLES, MONTE-CARLO, PHASE-TRANSITION, STATISTICAL-MECHANICS, WALLS},
	isbn = {0021-9606},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000168036900026},
	author = {Greberg, H. and Patey, G. N.}
}
@article {3487,
	title = {CONFORMATIONAL EQUILIBRIUM AND ORIENTATIONAL ORDERING - H-1-NUCLEAR MAGNETIC-RESONANCE OF BUTANE IN A NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL},
	journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
	volume = {103},
	number = {16},
	year = {1995},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: TA441Times Cited: 25Cited Reference Count: 60},
	month = {Oct},
	pages = {6891-6902},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {In this study we use multiple-quantum H-1-NMR spectroscopy to study butane, the simplest flexible alkane, dissolved in a nematic solvent. An analysis of the highly accurate H-1 dipolar coupling constants gives important information about conformational and orientational behavior, including the hans-gauche energy difference, E(tg), and the conformer probabilities and order parameters. An essential component of the analysis involves the use of mean-field models to describe the orientational ordering of solutes in a nematic solvent. Several models were found to adequately describe the molecular ordering, including the chord model of Photinos et al. [D. J. Photinos, E. T. Samulski, and H. Toriumi, J. Phys. Chem. 94, 4688 (1990)] and recent versions of a model proposed by Burnell and co-workers [D. S. Zimmerman and E. E. Burnell, Mel. Phys. 78, 687 (1993)]. It was found that E(tg) lies in the range 2.1-3.0 kJ/mol, which is significantly below most experimental estimates of the gas-phase value. An attempt to describe more realistically the conformational states by including torsional fluctuations about the rotational isomeric states did not significantly improve the quality of the fits or alter the results. Finally the anisotropic component of the solute-solvent interaction was found to perturb only marginally the conformational probabilities from the isotropic values. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.},
	keywords = {ALKYL CHAINS, ANISOTROPIC LIQUIDS, ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION, INTERNAL-ROTATION, MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS, N-BUTANE, NORMAL-HEXANE, POTENTIAL FUNCTION, PROTON DIPOLAR COUPLINGS, STATISTICAL-MECHANICS},
	isbn = {0021-9606},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1995TA44100007},
	author = {Polson, J. M. and Burnell, E. E.}
}
