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cond-mat.soft2004
To grow or to shrink: A tale of two rubber balloons
Yan Levin, Fernando L. da Silveira
Two identical rubber balloons are partially inflated with air (to different extent) and connected by a hose with a valve. It is found that depending on balloon volumes, when the va…
cond-mat.soft2001
Thermodynamics of surface tension: application to electrolyte solution
Yan Levin
In this contribution to the special issue of the Journal of Statistical Physics dedicated to Michael Fisher on his 70'th birthday, I shall review two thermodynamically distinct rou…
cond-mat.soft2001
Thermodynamic properties of a simple model of like-charged attracting rods
Juergen F. Stilck, Yan Levin, Jeferson J. Arenzon
We study the thermodynamic properties of a simple model for the possible mechanism of attraction between like charged rodlike polyions inside a polyelectrolyte solution. We conside…