Communication: Non-Hadwiger terms in morphological thermodynamics of fluids
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, 72076 Tübingen (Germany)
We demonstrate that the Hadwiger form of the free energy of a fluid in contact with a wall is insufficient to describe the low-density behavior of a hard-sphere fluid. This implies that morphological thermodynamics of the hard-sphere fluid is an approximate theory if only four geometric measures are included. In order to quantify deviations from the Hadwiger form we extend standard fundamental measure theory of the bulk fluid by introducing additional scaled-particle variables which allow for the description of non-Hadwiger coefficients. The theory is in excellent agreement with recent computer simulations. The fact that the leading non-Hadwiger coefficient is one order of magnitude smaller than the smallest Hadwiger coefficient lends confidence to the numerous results that have been previously obtained within standard morphological thermodynamics.
- OSTI ID:
- 22415307
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 141, Issue 17; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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