Local dielectric permittivity near an interface
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-10 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
A statistical mechanics expression is derived for the space-dependent dielectric permittivity of a polar solvent near an interface. The asymptotic behaviour of this local permittivity is calculated in the low density limit, near a planar interface. The potential of mean force between two ions is shown to agree with the prediction of macroscopic electrostatics for large separations parallel to the interface.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0304062,
title = {Local dielectric permittivity near an interface},
author = {V. Ballenegger and J. -P. Hansen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0304062},
year = {2009}
}
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7 pages