Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2003-11-28
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
10 pages, 11 figures; Paper submitted to Molecular Physics
Scientific paper
10.1080/00268970410001675554
The strengths and short-comings of the point-dipole model for polar fluids of spherical molecules are illustrated by considering the physically more relevant case of extended dipoles formed by two opposite charges $\pm q$ separated by a distance $d$ (dipole moment $\mu=q d$). Extensive Molecular Dynamics simulations on a high density dipolar fluid are used to analyse the dependence of the pair structure, dielectric constant $\eps$ and dynamics as a function of the ratio $d/\sigma$ ($\sig$ is the molecular diameter), for a fixed dipole moment $\mu$. The point dipole model is found to agree well with the extended dipole model up to $d/\sig \simeq 0.3$. Beyond that ratio, $\eps$ shows a non-trivial variation with $d/\sig$. When $d/\sig>0.6$, a transition is observed towards a hexagonal columnar phase; the corresponding value of the dipole moment, $\mu^2/\sig^3 k T=3$, is found to be substantially lower than the value of the point dipole required to drive a similar transition.
Ballenegger Vincent
Hansen James P.
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