Determination of the friction coefficient of a Brownian particle by molecular-dynamics simulation

Details Determination of the friction coefficient of a Brownian particle by molecular-dynamics simulation Determination of the friction coefficient of a Brownian particle by molecular-dynamics simulation

2002-07-10

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0207269v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1563593

By using the Kirkwood formula, the friction coefficient of a solvated Brownian particle is determined from the integration on time of the autocorrelation function of the force that the solvent exerts on this particle. Extensive molecular dynamics simulations show that above a definite size of the studied systems the value of the integral defining the friction coefficient goes to a quasi constant value (a plateau) when the upper bound on time increases. The minimal value of the system size where the integral exhibits this asymptotic behavior, rises with the Brownian particle size. From the plateau, a reliable estimate of the friction coefficient is obtained.

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