-------------------------------------------------------------------- COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS School of Computational Sciences (CSI 898-Sec 001) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Loop Phase Diagrams in Liquid Mixtures: From Theory to Simulations. Boris Veytsman School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University This talk starts with an overview of thermodynamics of mixing. The usual "dome-like" phase diagram is discussed and explained. Then we move to more complex phase diagrams with closed loops and explain how hydrogen bonds can cause them. The thermodynamics of hydrogen-bonded systems is discussed. We describe a simple Monte Carlo computer simulation of these systems and the microscopic structure of hydrogen-bonded mixtures it produced. Monday , September 20, 2004 4:30 pm Room 206, Science & Tech. I, Fairfax Campus Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Find the schedule at http://www.scs.gmu.edu/lcdm/seminar/schedule.html --------------------------------------------------------------------