Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2009-01-20
Physica A 388, 3063 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
18 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
We investigate liquid layers adsorbed at spherical and corrugated cylindrical substrates. The effective Hamiltonians for the liquid-gas interfaces fluctuating in the presence of such curved substrates are derived via the mean-field density functional theory. Their structure is compared with the Helfrich Hamiltonian which is parametrized by the bending and Gaussian rigidity coefficients. For long-ranged interparticle interactions of van der Waals type these coefficients turn out to be non-universal functions of interfacial curvatures; their form varies from one interface to another. We discuss implications of the structure of these functions on the effective Hamiltonian.
Dutka Filip
Napiorkowski Marcin
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