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Monte Carlo Simulation of a Lattice Model of Microemulsions in Porous Media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Parisa Nowroozi  and
Muhammad Sahimi
Parisa Nowroozi
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1211
Muhammad Sahimi
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1211
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Abstract

Monte Carlo simulations are used to study various properties of a new lattice model of microemulsions. In particular, we calculate the critical exponent β of the order parameter (water concentration) and the correlation length exponent ν, and find them to be in excellent agreement with those of the 3D Ising model, and also in agreement with the experimental measurements. However, when the same exponents are calculated for the microemulsions in a porous medium, they do not agree with those of either the dilute or the random-field Ising model.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 366: Symposium N – Dynamics in Small Confining Systems , 1994 , 95
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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