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Integrated Lennard-Jones Potential between a Sphere and a Thin Rod

Soft Condensed Matter 2024-05-08 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

A compact analytical form is derived via an integration approach for the interaction between a sphere and a thin rod of both finite and infinite lengths, with each object treated as a continuous medium of materials points interacting by the Lennard-Jones 12-6 potential. Expressions for the resultant forces and torques are obtained. Various asymptotic limits of the analytical sphere-rod potential are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2405.03944,
  title  = {Integrated Lennard-Jones Potential between a Sphere and a Thin Rod},
  author = {Junwen Wang and Shengfeng Cheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.03944},
  year   = {2024}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures

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