A chemical system with simultaneous presence of several phases is called a multiphase system [1]. In CurlySMILES [2], a multiphase system is represented in the following format:

ConjCN1/ConjCN2/.../ConjCNp

Each phase is represented as a conjunct CurlySMILES notation (ConjCN). A multiphase notation representing p phases includes p-1 slash characters to indicate separation of phase notations.
The annotation dictionary key mps has the purpose of specifying a multiphase system. Its value is a string in the format shown above. For example, the system 1-octanol/water is specified as follows:

mps=OCCCCCCCC/O

Using the versatile ConjCN format, multiphase systems can be encoded for precise context targeting:

Cc1ccccc1{dsmps=\
C1CCCCC1|CC1CCCCC1|C1CCCCCCC1/CC[n+]1cn(C)cc1.CCOS(=O)(=O)[O-]}

This notation represents toluene (Cc1ccccc1) distributed in the binary system consisting of a cycloalkane (cyclohexane, or methylcyclohexane, or cyclooctane) and the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate. (This system has been studied with respect to the extraction of toluene from cycloalkanes: 10.1016/j.fluid.2011.01.021).
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Further References

[1] Thermal-FluidsCentral Multiphase systems: http://www.thermalfluidscentral.org/encyclopedia/index.php/Multiphase_systems
[2] A. Drefahl: CurlySMILES: a chemical language to customize and annotate encodings of molecular and nanodevice structures. J. Cheminf. 2011, 3:1; doi: 10.1186/1758-2946-3-1 .


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