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In a one-component fluid, we investigate evaporation of a small axysymmetric liquid droplet in the partial wetting condition on a heated wall at $T\sim 0.9 T_c$. In the dynamic van der Waals theory (Phys. Rev. E {\bf 75}, 036304 (2007)), we…
We use the non-equilibrium statistical field theory for classical particles recently developed by Mazenko and Das and Mazenko, together with the free generating functional for particles initially correlated in phase space derived in…
The van der Waals (vdW) theory of fluids is the first and simplest theory that takes into account interactions between the particles of a system that result in a phase transition versus temperature. Combined with Maxwell's construction,…
When sheets of layered material like C, WS$_2$ or BN are restricted to finite sizes, they generally form single- and multi-walled hollow nanoparticles in order to avoid dangling bonds. Using continuum approaches to model elastic deformation…
We consider thermodynamics of the van der Waals fluid of quantum systems. We derive general relations of thermodynamic functions and parameters of any ideal gas and the corresponding van der Waals fluid. This provides unambiguous…
Relativistic effects in the thermodynamical properties of interacting particle systems are investigated within the framework of the relativistic direct interaction theory in various forms of dynamics. In the front form of relativistic…
We apply a range of density-functional-theory-based methods capable of describing van der Waals interactions to weakly bonded layered solids in order to investigate their accuracy for extended systems. The methods under investigation are…
In this work the induced van der Waals interaction between a pair of neutral atoms or molecules is considered by use of a statistical mechanical method. Commonly this interaction is obtained by standard quantum mechanical perturbation…
The generalized van der Waals equation of state for anisotropic liquids in porous media consists of two terms.One of them is based on the equation of state for hard spherocylinders in random porous media obtained from the scaled particle…
A new scheme for the computation of dispersive interactions from first principles is presented. This cost-effective approach relies on a Wannier function representation compatible with density function theory descriptions. This is an…
In this paper, we study non-stationary filtration of real gases in porous media. Thermodynamic state of the medium is given by van der Waals state equations. Solutions for non-stationary filtration equation are obtained by means of finite…
The current attempt is aimed to honor the first centennial of Johannes Diderik van der Waals (VDW) awarding Nobel Prize in Physics. The VDW theory of ordinary fluids is reviewed in the first part of the paper, where special effort is…
This paper is concerned with a diffuse interface model for the gas-liquid phase transition. The model consists the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with van der Waals equation of state and a modified Allen-Cahn equation. The global…
We study the ground state pair-correlation properties of a weakly interacting trapped Bose gas in three dimension by using a correlated many-body method. Use of the van der Waals interaction potential and an external trapping potential…
We study the behavior of systems in which the interaction contains a long-range component that does not dominate the critical behavior. Such a component is exemplified by the van der Waals force between molecules in a simple liquid-vapor…
We consider a one-dimensional gas of hard point particles in a finite box that are in thermal equilibrium and evolving under Hamiltonian dynamics. Tagged particle correlation functions of the middle particle are studied. For the special…
Optical thermodynamics offers a distinctive framework for understanding complex phenomena in multimode systems, yet standard ideal-gas-like formulation neglects the effect of nonlinear interaction on thermodynamic quantities, significantly…
A scheme within density functional theory is proposed that provides a practical way to generalize to unrestricted geometries the method applied with some success to layered geometries [H. Rydberg, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 126402…
A schematic model is presented that allows one to study the behavior of interacting pseudo-Fermi matter locked in a thermostatic box. As a function of the box volume and temperature, the matter is seen to show all of the familiar…
This paper presents a model of van der Waals forces in the framework of diffusion-convection equations. The model consists of a nonlinear and degenerated diffusion-convection equation, which furthermore can be considered as a model for slow…