Solvent mediated interactions close to fluid-fluid phase separation: Microscopic treatment of bridging in a soft-core fluid

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Archer, A J ^a   Evans, R ^a   Roth, R ^b,c   Oettel, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID-FLUID PHASE SEPARATION; GAUSSIAN PARTICLES; ORNSTERIN-ZERNIKE EQUATIONS; WETTING FILMS;

ADSORPTION; CORRELATION METHODS; PHASE SEPARATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THERMODYNAMICS; WETTING;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 22944485662     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1855878     Document Type: Article

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