Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2009-07-31
J. Chem. Phys. 131, 124106 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
26 pages and 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3236515
We study structural and thermophysical properties of a one-dimensional classical fluid made of penetrable spheres interacting via an attractive square-well potential. Penetrability of the spheres is enforced by reducing from infinite to finite the repulsive energy barrier in the pair potentials As a consequence, an exact analytical solution is lacking even in one dimension. Building upon previous exact analytical work in the low-density limit [Santos \textit{et al.}, Phys. Rev. E \text{77}, 051206 (2008)], we propose an approximate theory valid at any density and in the low-penetrable regime. By comparison with specialized Monte Carlo simulations and integral equation theories, we assess the regime of validity of the theory. We investigate the degree of inconsistency among the various routes to thermodynamics and explore the possibility of a fluid-fluid transition. Finally we locate the dependence of the Fisher-Widom line on the degree of penetrability. Our results constitute the first systematic study of penetrable spheres with attractions as a prototype model for soft systems.
Fantoni Riccardo
Giacometti Achille
Malijevsky Alexandr
Santos Andrés
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