Please view the posters presented at the 18th Annual CityTech Faculty and Student Research Poster Session below. You can click on each poster to enlarge it and view the PDF version under the poster abstract.
We thank all presenters for sharing their innovative and informative research with the CityTech community and beyond!
40. Quasi-phase States of Molecular Systems
Molecular Dynamics and Quantum Chemistry studies for ionic systems [1], water [2], and biological macromolecules [3] revealed numerous quasi-equilibrium quasi-phase states. For example, macroscopic phase transitions are chaotic numerous jumps of nanoscale clusters between numerous quasi-phase states. The concept of quasi-phase states, which depend on the system configuration and boundary conditions, is useful to describe nanoscale and surface phenomena. At temperatures of the bulk liquid phase, these quasi-phase states can have properties of solids, and vice versa, as in the contact-melting phenomenon. Nanoscale biological phenomena, as mechanisms of ion channels, can be explained in terms of quasi-phases. Further research should be aimed at identifying specific quasi-phase states of various systems. For example, the penetration of virus molecules through cell membranes can be studied as membrane quasi-melting in the place of penetration. View or download a PDF version of this poster.
