title: Constrained equilibrium as a tool for characterization of deformable porous media.
abstract: A new method for characterizing the deformable porous materials with noncritical adsorption probes is proposed. The mechanism is based on driving the adsorbate through a sequence of constrained equilibrium states with the insertion isotherms forming a pseudocritical point or a van der Waals-type loop. In the framework of a perturbation theory and Monte Carlo simulations we have found a link between the loop parameters and the host morphology. This allows one to characterize porous matrices through analyzing a shift of the pseudocritical point and a shape of the pseudospinodals.
authors.affiliation: UMR 7575 LECA ENSCP-UPMC, 11 rue P. et M. Curie, 75231 Cedex 05, Paris, France.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Vakarin
authors.forename: Yurko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Duda
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Badiali