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LAST-MODIFIED:20121116T203436Z
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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/712
SUMMARY:Elena Strekalova - Preliminary Oral Exam
DESCRIPTION:\nPart of the Preliminary Oral Exam.\n\nTitle: Large Decrease o
	f Fluctuations for Supercooled water in Hydrophobic Nanoconfinement\n\nAbst
	ract:\n\nWe study by Monte Carlo simulations a coarse-grained model of a wa
	ter layer confined in a fixed disordered matrix of hydrophobic nanoparticle
	s at different particle concentrations c. For c=0 (bulk water) we find a fi
	rst order liquid-liquid phase transition (LLPT). For c>0 our simulations ar
	e consistent with a LLPT line ending in two critical points at low and high
	 pressure P. For c=25% we find a dramatic decrease of compressibility\, the
	rmal expansion coefficient\, specific heat at high P and low temperature\nT
	. Surprisingly\, the effect is present also for c as low as 2.4%. We\nconcl
	ude that the higher the confinement\, the lower the thermodynamic fluctuati
	ons and the more difficult it will be to detect the LLPT.
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