A density-functional theory study of the confined soft ellipsoid fluid

Cheung, David and Schmid, Friederike (2004) A density-functional theory study of the confined soft ellipsoid fluid. Journal of Chemical Physics, 120 (19). 9185. ISSN 0021-9606

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    Abstract

    A system of soft ellipsoid molecules confined between two planar walls is studied using classical density-functional theory. Both the isotropic and nematic phases are considered. The excess free energy is evaluated using two different Ansätze and the intermolecular interaction is incorporated using two different direct correlation functions (DCF’s). The first is a numerical DCF obtained from simulations of bulk soft ellipsoid fluids and the second is taken from the Parsons–Lee theory. In both the isotropic and nematic phases the numerical DCF gives density and order parameter profiles in reasonable agreement with simulation. The Parsons–Lee DCF also gives reasonable agreement in the isotropic phase but poor agreement in the nematic phase.

    Creators(s): Cheung, David and Schmid, Friederike;
    Item type:Article
    ID code:43526
    Keywords:density functional theory, correlation theory, free energy, nematic liquid crystals, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy(all), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:22 Apr 2013 10:12
    Last modified:08 Sep 2020 10:14
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/43526
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