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We investigate phase separation of near-critical binary mixtures betweenparallel symmetric walls in the strong adsorption regime. We take into accountthe renormalization effect due to the critical fluctuations using the recentlocal functional theory [J. Chem. Phys. 136, 114704 (2012)]. In statics, a vander Waals loop is obtained in the relation between the average order parameter$<psi>$ in the film and the chemical potential when the temperature $T$ islower than the film critical temperature $T_c^{ca}$ (in the case of an uppercritical solution temperature). In dynamics, we lower $T$ below the capillarycondensation line from above $T_c^{ca}$. We calculate the subsequenttime-development assuming no mass exchange between the film and the reservoir.In the early stage, the order parameter $psi$ changes only in the directionperpendicular to the walls. For sufficiently deep quenching, suchone-dimensional profiles become unstable with respect to the fluctuationsvarying in the lateral directions. The late-stage coarsening is thenaccelerated by the hydrodynamic interaction. A pancake domain of the phasedisfavored by the walls finally appears in the middle of the film.

Phase separation in a binary mixture confined between symmetric parallel plates: Capillary condensation transition near the bulk critical point