Structure of a mixed dipolar liquid near a metal surface: A combined approach of weighted density and perturbative approximations

Sanjib Senapati and Amalendu Chandra
Phys. Rev. E 62, 1017 – Published 1 July 2000
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Abstract

We study the interfacial structure of a mixed dipolar liquid in contact with a metal surface by using a combined approach of the weighted density and the perturbative approximations. Both the molecular size and the dipole moment of various species can be unequal. The metal surface is treated by using the jellium model. Explicit numerical results are obtained for the interfacial structure of a binary dipolar liquid in contact with a metal surface of varying electron density. The theoretical predictions are compared with the results of Monte Carlo simulations and a good agreement is found for the inhomogeneous density, mole fraction, and polarization profiles of both the species in the interfacial region.

  • Received 12 January 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.62.1017

©2000 American Physical Society

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Sanjib Senapati and Amalendu Chandra

  • Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India 208016

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Vol. 62, Iss. 1 — July 2000

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