SOLID-FLUID EQUILIBRIUM - NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM MOLECULAR THEORY

Some recent developments in the molecular modeling of solid-fluid phas e equilibrium are reviewed. Theoretical approches to solid phase therm odynamics and solid-fluid equilbria are described as well as methods f or studying solid phases by computer simulation. Applications to the s tudy of solid-fluid equilibrium in systems of nonspherical molecules a nd to predicting solid-fluid phase diagrams for mixtures are described .