arXiv Open Access 2013

Putting water on a lattice: The importance of long wavelength density fluctuations in theories of hydrophobic and interfacial phenomena

Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan Phillip L Geissler

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The physics of air-water interfaces plays a central role in modern theories of the hydrophobic effect. Implementing these theories, however, has been hampered by the difficulty of addressing fluctuations in the shape of such soft interfaces. We show that this challenge is a fundamental consequence of mapping long wavelength density variations onto discrete degrees of freedom. Drawing from studies of surface roughness in lattice models, we account for the resulting nonlinearities simply but accurately. Simulations show that this approach captures complex solvation behaviors quantitatively.

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cond-mat.stat-mech cond-mat.soft

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Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

Phillip L Geissler

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Vaikuntanathan, S., Geissler, P.L. (2013). Putting water on a lattice: The importance of long wavelength density fluctuations in theories of hydrophobic and interfacial phenomena. https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.7669

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Tahun Terbit: 2013
Bahasa: en
Sumber Database: arXiv
Akses: Open Access ✓