The specific Gibbs free energy has been calculated for the infinite range Ising model with fixed and finite interaction strength. The model shows a temperature driven first-order phase transition that differs from the infinite ranged Ising model with weak coupling. In the temperature-field phase...

Making use of the Rugh's micro-canonical approach to temperature we study XY-spin systems by the strictly energy conserving over-relaxation algorithm. In this micro-canonical simulation the temperature and also the specific heat are determined as averages of expressions easy to implement. The...

We report on a Monte Carlo study of the differential heat of adsorption on, square, triangular and honeycomb two-dimensional lattices. The influence of the connectivity on the main scaling parameters in the critical regime is analyzed. The simulation data are compared with mean-field and...

The phase diagram of the q-state Potts model in fractal dimensions is studied with the help of Wang–Landau Monte Carlo simulations on Sierpinski and Menger fractal structures. A particular attention is paid to first order transitions just above the border separating the second order phase...

The occurrence of mesoscopic fluctuations in statistical systems implies, from the point of view of dynamical theory, the existence of local instabilities. However, the presence of such fluctuations can make a system, as a whole, more stable from the thermodynamic point of view. Thus, in many...

A model of a ferromagnet is considered, in which there arise mesoscopic fluctuations of paramagnetic phase. The presence of these fluctuations diminishes the magnetization of the ferromagnet, softens the spin-wave spectrum, increases the spin-wave attenuation, shortens the magnon free path,...

Optical tweezers have recently been used to locally induce liquid–liquid phase separations and to nucleate a single domain inside the trap [H. Masuhara and co-workers, J. Phys. Chem. B 101 (1997) 5900; Langmuir 13 (1997) 414; Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 69 (1996) 59]. We investigate theoretically these...

Balanced infinite periodic minimal surface families that contain the cubic Gyroid (G), Diamond (D) and Primitive (P) surfaces are studied in terms of their global packing and local curvature properties. These properties are central to understanding the formation of mesophases in amphiphile and...