Effect of ionic size on the structure of spherical double layers: A Monte Carlo simulation and density functional theory study

Molecular Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 639-644

  Modak, Brindaban ^a   Patra, Chandra N ^a   Ghosh, Swapan K ^a   Vijayasundar, J ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

density functional theory; electric double layers; ionic solutions; liquid state theory; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

BULK ELECTROLYTES; CANONICAL ENSEMBLE; CHARGE CORRELATION; CHARGED HARD SPHERES; COUNTERIONS; DIELECTRIC CONTINUUM; DIFFUSE LAYERS; DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYERS; HARD SPHERE CONTRIBUTION; IONIC DIAMETER; IONIC DISTRIBUTION; IONIC INTERACTION; IONIC SIZES; IONIC SOLUTIONS; LIQUID-STATE THEORIES; MODEL STUDY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARTICLE CORRELATIONS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; POLYIONS; RESTRICTED PRIMITIVE MODEL; SECOND ORDERS; SMALL IONS; TAYLOR EXPANSIONS; VALENCIES; WEIGHTED DENSITY APPROXIMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; IONS; LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPHERES; ZETA POTENTIAL;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 79952634646     PISSN: 00268976     EISSN: 13623028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2010.544265     Document Type: Article

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