Understanding the thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria of fluid mixtures remains a cornerstone of chemical engineering and materials science. Advances in both experimental techniques and ...

Today, researchers are defying a classical theory from American physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs, with proof of a five-phase equilibrium, something that many scholars considered impossible. Frozen water ...

A picture of a biological membrane that includes compositional and phase heterogeneity is consistent with many observations on cells. Simons and van Meer pointed this out to explain the sorting of ...

Five different phases of a colloid-polymer mixture can co-exist at the same time, in defiance of the 150-year-old Gibbs phase rule, which states that only three simultaneous phases are possible. The ...

In this interview, AZoM talks to Dr. William G. Fahrenholtz about his research, and how he uses Phase Equilibrium Diagrams within it. Can you give a brief description of your research? My expertise is ...

Two-phase equilibrium: A binary colloidal mixture can exist in up to six phases at the same time. (Courtesy: R Tuiner) A binary colloidal mixture can exist in up to six phases at the same time, ...