2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Thermodynamics II

This session welcomes contributions on experimental, theoretical, and computational studies of systems and phenomena where a nanoscale length (intermediate between an atomistic size and a macroscopic size) explicitly affects the thermodynamic properties. Finite-size and fluctuation thermodynamics, thermodynamics of soft-matter materials (such as polymers, gels, microemulsions, and bio-membranes), wetting and interfacial phenomena, thermodynamics of pattern formation and fractals at the nanoscale are examples of the topics to be considered for this session.

Chair

Lamm, M., Iowa State University

Co-Chair

Errington, J., University of Buffalo