A star-function based density functional study of the adsorption of Lennard-Jones fluid near its supercritical states

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 524-536

  Lee, Lloyd L ^a   Pellicane, Giuseppe ^b   Chapman, Walter G ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge function; Cavitation; Closure relation; Density functional theory; Drying; Lennard Jones fluid; Star function; Supercritical fluids; Surface adsorption; Van der Waals square gradient theory; Wall Ornstein Zernike equation

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE FUNCTIONS; CLOSURE RELATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; LENNARD JONES FLUID; ORNSTEIN-ZERNIKE EQUATIONS; SUPER-CRITICAL; SURFACE ADSORPTION; VAN DER WAALS;

ADSORPTION; CAVITATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 78649796532     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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