A cluster theory for a Janus fluid
Chemical Physics
2012-04-05 v1 Materials Science
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Biological Physics
Abstract
Recent Monte Carlo simulations on the Kern and Frenkel model of a Janus fluid have revealed that in the vapour phase there is the formation of preferred clusters made up of a well-defined number of particles: the micelles and the vesicles. A cluster theory is developed to approximate the exact clustering properties stemming from the simulations. It is shown that the theory is able to reproduce the micellisation phenomenon.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1201.6256,
title = {A cluster theory for a Janus fluid},
author = {Riccardo Fantoni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.6256},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
27 pages, 8 figures, 6 tables