Journal
EPL
Volume 109, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/109/46002
Keywords
-
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Due to the simultaneous presence of bulk-like and interfacial fluctuations the understanding of the structure of liquid-vapour interfaces poses a long-lasting and ongoing challenge for experiments, theory, and simulations. We provide a new analysis of this topic by combining high-quality simulation data for Lennard-Jones fluids with an unambiguous definition of the wave-number-dependent surface tension gamma(q) based on the two-point correlation function of the fluid. Upon raising the temperature, gamma(q) develops a maximum at short wavelengths. We compare these results with predictions from density functional theory. Our analysis has repercussions for the interpretation of grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) at liquid interfaces. editor's choice Copyright (C) EPLA, 2015
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available