Title of article :
CONNECTING LOCAL STRUCTURE TO INTERFACE FORMATION: A Molecular Scale van derWaals Theory of Nonuniform Liquids
Author/Authors :
Weeks، John.D. نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
Pages :
30
From page :
533
To page :
562
Abstract :
This article reviews a new and general theory of nonuniform fluids that naturally incorporates molecular scale information into the classical van der Waals theory of slowly varying interfaces. The method optimally combines two standard approximations, molecular (mean) field theory to describe interface formation and linear response (or Gaussian fluctuation) theory to describe local structure. Accurate results have been found in many different applications in nonuniform simple fluids and these ideas may have important implications for the theory of hydrophobic interactions in water.
Keywords :
linear response theory , hydrophobic interactions , wetting and drying transitions , molecular field theory , Gaussian fluctuations
Journal title :
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Serial Year :
2002
Journal title :
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Record number :
121478
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