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The structure of a fluid confined by permeable walls

Margaritis, Nikolaos, Rickayzen, Gerald (1997) The structure of a fluid confined by permeable walls. Molecular Physics, 90 (2). pp. 189-200. ISSN 0026-8976. (doi:10.1080/002689797172679) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:18175)

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Abstract

Osmosis has been studied using the methods of molecular dynamics and for several different models of a semi-permeable barrier. One of these models has also been used in theoretical and Monte Carlo investigations of the effect of such a barrier on the structure of a hard sphere fluid (Marsh, P., Rickayzen, G., and Calleja, M., 1995, Molec. Phys., 84, 799; Kim, S.-C., Calleja, M., and Rickayzen, G., 1995, J. Phys.: condens. Matter, 7, 8053). Results presented in these papers showed that this problem also provides a sensitive test for the validity of various density functional theories. In order to bring the theory to bear on the problem of osmosis, this earlier study is extended to the hard core Lennard-Jones fluid. At the same time a new sum rule for the density of a fluid in a periodic potential, which provides a useful check on the computations, is derived. It is again found that the agreement between the computed and the simulated density profiles is good except at the centre of the barrier and when the bulk density and pressure are close to the critical.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/002689797172679
Subjects: Q Science
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: M.A. Ziai
Date Deposited: 19 Apr 2009 21:37 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:56 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/18175 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Rickayzen, Gerald.

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