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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik
CPP 47: Heterogeneous Nucleation and Microstructure Formation (related to SYMF, jointly with MM)
CPP 47.6: Talk
Friday, March 18, 2011, 11:45–12:00, ZEU 160
Nucleation in a colloidal hard sphere system using density functional theory — •Andreas Härtel1, Martin Oettel2, and Hartmut Löwen1 — 1Institut für Theoretische Physik II: Weiche Materie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany — 2Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
The fluid-solid interface in a system of hard spheres is studied by density functional theory. For this purpose we employ a free minimization [1] of the White Bear II fundamental measure density functional [2] and perform a comparative study using Monte Carlo simulations [3]. Both the bulk freezing transition and the structure and thermodynamics of the hard sphere fluid-solid interface are discussed and compared to simulation data.
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- [3] M. Oettel et al, Phys. Rev. E 82, 051404 (2010).