Keywords
density profile, molecules, GCMC simulation
Abstract
Results for the density profile for Yukawa molecules near a hard wall and an exponential attractive wall are presented for Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations, for the singlet hypernetted chain (HNC) integral equation and for a modified version of the Lovett–Mou–Buff–Wertheim (LMBW-1) which uses the exact contact value theorem. The results of the standard singlet HNC are quite poor. If the LMBW equation is modified (but still using the bulk direct correlation function) the results at high temperature become reasonable. However, the results at low temperatures, close to the bulk coexistence curve, are only a partial improvement. The contact value of the density profile is now quite good but the profile has the incorrect oscillatory behavior predicted by the unmodified approximate equation. The GCMC simulation results show a clear effect of drying at low temperatures.
Original Publication Citation
Rivas, Wilmer O., Leo Degreve, Douglas Henderson, and Jacqueline Quintana.""Grand canonical Monte Carlo and modified singlet integral equations for the density profile of a Yukawa fluid near a planar wall." The Journal of Chemical Physics 16 (1997): 816
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Henderson, Douglas; Olivares-Rivas, Wilmer; Degreve, Leo; and Quintana, Jacqueline, "Grand canonical Monte Carlo and modified singlet integral equations for the density profile of a Yukawa fluid near a planar wall" (1997). Faculty Publications. 666.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/666
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1997-05-15
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/1296
Publisher
AIP
Language
English
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Copyright Status
© 1997 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in The Journal of Chemical Physics and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?JCPSA6/106/8160/1
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