Dynamical density functional theory for molecular and colloidal fluids: a microscopic approach to fluid mechanics

Details Dynamical density functional theory for molecular and colloidal fluids: a microscopic approach to fluid mechanics Dynamical density functional theory for molecular and colloidal fluids: a microscopic approach to fluid mechanics

2008-12-05

arxiv.org/abs/0812.1113v1

J. Chem. Phys. 130, 014509 (2009).

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

11 pages, accepted for publication in J. Chem. Phys

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3054633

In recent years, a number of dynamical density functional theories (DDFTs) have been developed for describing the dynamics of the one-body density of both colloidal and atomic fluids. In the colloidal case, the particles are assumed to have stochastic equations of motion and theories exist for both the case when the particle motion is over-damped and also in the regime where inertial effects are relevant. In this paper we extend the theory and explore the connections between the microscopic DDFT and the equations of motion from continuum fluid mechanics. In particular, starting from the Kramers equation which governs the dynamics of the phase space probability distribution function for the system, we show that one may obtain an approximate DDFT that is a generalisation of the Euler equation. This DDFT is capable of describing the dynamics of the fluid density profile down to the scale of the individual particles. As with previous DDFTs, the dynamical equations require as input the Helmholtz free energy functional from equilibrium density functional theory (DFT). For an equilibrium system, the theory predicts the same fluid one-body density profile as one would obtain from DFT. Making further approximations, we show that the theory may be used to obtain the mode coupling theory that is widely used for describing the transition from a liquid to a glassy state.

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