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Using experiments and combining theory and computer simulations, we show that binary complex plasmas are particularly good model systems to study the kinetics of fluid-fluid demixing at the "atomistic" (individual particle) level. The essential parameters of interparticle interactions in complex plasmas, such as the interaction range(s) and degree of nonadditivity, can be varied significantly, which allows systematic investigations of different demixing regimes. The critical role of competition between long-range and short-range interactions at the initial stage of the spinodal decomposition is discussed.

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The equations of state and the structural, thermodynamic, and transport properties of the two- and three-dimensional nonideal dissipative systems consisting of particles interacting with different isotropic pair potentials are studied in a wide range of parameters typical for laboratory dusty plasma. Simple semiempirical expression for the energy density in liquid systems is considered. Comparison of the theoretical and numerical results is presented.