Electronic Resource
Springer
Journal of statistical physics
24 (1981), S. 243-268
ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
Fluid microstructures
;
thin films
;
periodic fluid microstructures
;
statistical mechanics of inhomogeneous fluids
;
disjoining pressure
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The general gradient theory of fluid microstructures is outlined. This theory reduces the determination of fluid microstructures to a boundary value problem. The density and pressure tensor profiles and the tension of planar thin films and layered structures in one-component fluids are investigated. The boundary conditions determining these structures are given a geometric interpretation in the free energy-density diagram. Discussed are the implications of the theory for the validity of Antonov's rule, the duplex film hypothesis, and the asymptotic theory of disjoining pressure and of the origin of a characteristic length scale in spinodal decomposition.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01007647
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