Dynamic density functional theory versus Kinetic theory of simple fluids

Details Dynamic density functional theory versus Kinetic theory of simple fluids Dynamic density functional theory versus Kinetic theory of simple fluids

2010-03-02

arxiv.org/abs/1003.0601v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

15 pages

Scientific paper

By combining methods of kinetic and density functional theory, we present a description of molecular fluids which accounts for their microscopic structure and thermodynamic properties as well as for the hydrodynamic behavior. We focus on the evolution of the one particle phase space distribution, rather than on the evolution of the average particle density, which features in dynamic density functional theory. The resulting equation can be studied in two different physical limits: diffusive dynamics, typical of colloidal fluids without hydrodynamic interaction, where particles are subject to overdamped motion resulting from the coupling with a solvent at rest, and inertial dynamics, typical of molecular fluids. Finally, we propose an algorithm to solve numerically and efficiently the resulting kinetic equation by employing a discretization procedure analogous to the one used in the Lattice Boltzmann method.

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