On some thermodynamic effects in small molecular systems

The behavior of a gas-liquid system in a small volume has been studied. In the absence of the thermodynamic limit, the problem has been examined by methods of statistical physics. This allows the use of new mathematical methods previously applied in nuclear physics. Within the modified droplet model of a real gas sandwiched between two extended plates, an additional component of the pressure, which was previously discussed and exhibits characteristic oscillations at change in the volume, has been found. Qualitative coincidence with the previously reported molecular dynamics simulations has been found.