Coexistence diameter in two-dimensional colloid-polymer mixtures.
We demonstrate that the law of the rectilinear coexistence diameter in two-dimensional mixtures of nonspherical colloids and nonadsorbing polymers is violated. Upon approach to the critical point, the diameter shows logarithmic singular behavior governed by a term t ln t, with t the relative distance from the critical point. No sign of a term t2beta could be detected, with beta the critical exponent of the order parameter, indicating a very weak or absent Yang-Yang anomaly. Our analysis thus reveals that nonspherical particle shape alone is not sufficient for the formation of a pronounced Yang-Yang anomaly in the critical behavior of fluids.
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Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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