The Thermodynamics of Small Systems: A Tool for the Self-Assembly of Nanomaterials

Abstract

This report results from a contract tasking Scientific Simulation Services as follows: The contractor will conduct a comprehensive review of the studies of thermodynamics of small systems, including under non-negligible gravity, and its application to processing. The contractor will develop a computer program that starts with input of the material's thermodynamic equations of state in the thermodynamic limit, and predicts the state and profiles of the inhomogeneous small system in a gravitational field. The contractor will predict the properties of a fluidized system of nano-particles and its phase and state behavior under gravity. The contractor will test that prediction against a granular dynamics computer simulation of the steady-state properties of a system of nano-particles under gravity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 2004
Accession Number
ADA433259

Entities

People

  • Leslie V. Woodcock

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Materials
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Nanomaterials
  • Particles
  • Self Assembly
  • Simulations
  • Steady State
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Thermodynamics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.