Mecke K (2005)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2005
Publisher: E D P SCIENCES
Book Volume: 69
Pages Range: 832-838
Journal Issue: 5
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2004-10410-4
We present a technique to calculate density profiles of a fluid close to a hard convex wall by arguing that its equilibrium density distribution depends only on the local curvatures of the wall. We perform a systematic expansion of the pro. le in powers of the curvatures and apply it to a hard-sphere fluid within the framework of density-functional theory (DFT). For large distances from the wall, the curvature expansion can be done analytically. Our approach can be generalized to systems with short-ranged fluid-fluid and wall-fluid interaction potentials, as long as intrinsic length scales remain small.
APA:
Mecke, K. (2005). Curvature expansion of density profiles. EPL - Europhysics Letters, 69(5), 832-838. https://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10410-4
MLA:
Mecke, Klaus. "Curvature expansion of density profiles." EPL - Europhysics Letters 69.5 (2005): 832-838.
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