Density Functional Theory of Square-well Chain Mixtures Near Solid Surface.

Autor: Shuling Zhang, Masakastu, Jun Cai, Honglai Liu, Ying Hu
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Zdroj: Molecular Simulation; Feb2004, Vol. 30 Issue 2/3, p143-147, 5p
Abstrakt: A density functional theory is developed for square-well chain mixtures near a hard wall or a square-well wall. The Helmholtz free energy functional is divided into two parts, an ideal-gas contribution and an excess contribution. The later is constructed based on weighting density approximation and coarse graining approximation. For simplicity, a Heaviside function is used as the weighting function. To calculate the density profiles of beads, a direct iterative algorithm combined with a relaxation factor is used. A single chain simulation in an effective field is needed in each iterative step. The theoretical results are in good agreement with Monte Carlo simulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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