A theory of monolayer phase transitions |
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Institution: | 1. Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland;2. Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, S. Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Krakow, Poland;3. Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland |
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Abstract: | We present the exact calculation of the equation of state for a simple model describing the phase transitions occurring in lipid monolayers. The model is of the van der Waals type, but with the density dependent attraction replaced by a long range interaction of another kind. For the size of the molecular hard cores we choose a function which increases with the internal energy of the p possible states of the molecule. As a result of this choice we find p - 1 first order phase transitions between the liquid and the solid state of the monolayer. |
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