Modelling colloids with Baxter's adhesive hard sphere model
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-10 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
The structure of the Baxter adhesive hard sphere fluid is examined using computer simulation. The radial distribution function (which exhibits unusual discontinuities due to the particle adhesion) and static structure factor are calculated with high accuracy over a range of conditions and compared with the predictions of Percus--Yevick theory. We comment on rigidity in percolating clusters and discuss the role of the model in the context of experiments on colloidal systems with short-range attractive forces.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0406603,
title = {Modelling colloids with Baxter's adhesive hard sphere model},
author = {Mark A. Miller and Daan Frenkel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0406603},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, 7 figures. (For proceedings of "Structural arrest in colloidal systems with short-range attractive forces", Messina, December 2003)