Density functional theory for calculating surface tensions with a simple renormalization formalism for the critical point

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 735-742

  Tang, Xiaohua ^a   Gross, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical point; Density functional theory; Interfacial properties; PC SAFT; Phase equilibria; Renormalization group theory; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL POINTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES; PC-SAFT; RENORMALIZATION GROUP THEORY;

ALGEBRA; EQUATIONS OF STATE; ETHERS; PARAFFINS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 78649776231     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2010.09.041     Document Type: Article

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