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Title:	Calculating elastic properties of confined simple fluids
Author:	Dobrzanski, Christopher D.
View Online:	njit-etd2020-087 (xviii, 134 pages ~ 0.0 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Degree:	Doctor of Philosophy
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Dissertation
Advisory Committee:	Gor, Gennady (Committee chair) Dave, Rajesh N. (Committee member) Voronov, Roman S. (Committee member) McEnnis, Kathleen (Committee member) Siderius, Daniel (Committee member)
Date:	2020-05
Keywords:	Adsorption Geophysics Molecular cynamics Molecular simulation Monte Carlo Nanoporous materials
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Confinement in nanoporous materials is known to affect many properties of the fluids confined within their pores. The elastic properties are no exception. This dissertation begins with an overview of the relevant literature on ways of obtaining elastic properties of confined fluids. It outlines some fundamental gaps in our understanding. The chapters following address some of these gaps in understanding elastic properties of the confined fluid, in particular, how the shape of the confining pore matters, how supercriticality effects the properties, how an equation of state designed for confined fluids can be used to calculate elastic properties, and if an effective medium theory can accurately describe the elastic properties of fluid-saturated nanoporous materials. This dissertation concludes with some of the potential future improvements that can further our understanding of confinement effects on elastic properties.