Tuning Density Profiles and Mobility of Inhomogeneous Fluids Export

@article{goel08, abstract = {Density profiles are the most common measure of inhomogeneous structure in confined fluids, but their connection to transport coefficients is poorly understood. We explore via simulation how tuning particle-wall interactions to flatten or enhance the particle layering of a model confined fluid impacts its self-diffusivity, viscosity, and entropy. Interestingly, interactions that eliminate particle layering significantly reduce confined fluid mobility, whereas those that enhance layering can have the opposite effect. Excess entropy helps to understand and predict these trends.}, author = {Goel, Gaurav and Krekelberg, William P. and Errington, Jeffrey R. and Truskett, Thomas M.}, citeulike-article-id = {2630631}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000100000010106001000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v100/e106001}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.106001}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.106001}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {confinement, soft-sphere, structure, theory}, number = {10}, posted-at = {2008-08-19 02:17:17}, priority = {0}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Tuning Density Profiles and Mobility of Inhomogeneous Fluids}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.106001}, volume = {100}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - goel08 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2630631 N2 - Density profiles are the most common measure of inhomogeneous structure in confined fluids, but their connection to transport coefficients is poorly understood. We explore via simulation how tuning particle-wall interactions to flatten or enhance the particle layering of a model confined fluid impacts its self-diffusivity, viscosity, and entropy. Interestingly, interactions that eliminate particle layering significantly reduce confined fluid mobility, whereas those that enhance layering can have the opposite effect. Excess entropy helps to understand and predict these trends. IS - 10 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Tuning Density Profiles and Mobility of Inhomogeneous Fluids PB - APS VL - 100 KW - confinement KW - soft-sphere KW - structure KW - theory AU - Goel, Gaurav AU - Krekelberg, William AU - Errington, Jeffrey AU - Truskett, Thomas PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.106001 ER -