Citation:
Lev D. Gelb and K. E. Gubbins, Phys. Rev. E 55 #2 (1997) R1290-R1293

Abstract: We have performed Molecular Dynamics simulations of the liquid-liquid phase separation of a binary mixture confined in two different sizes of cylindrical pore. In these systems, the interactions between the two fluids and the pore wall are identical so that no wetting occurs and the fluid separates into a series of plug-like domains after a temperature quench. In the larger pore the fluid separation is characterized by bulk-like growth exponents until the average domain size is comparable with the pore diameter, after which the growth slows dramatically. In the smaller pore domain sizes reach the pore diameter very quickly, after which the growth proceeds faster than in the large pore system.

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