Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: A density of states Monte Carlo formalism is used to calculate the interfacial tension of a simple fluid (3D Ising model) and of free-standing polymer films on a lattice. Good agreement is found between the results of these calculations and literature values. The proposed approach is efficient and provides the surface tension over a wide range of temperature from a single simulation. It has the additional advantage of being equally applicable to systems interacting through continuous potential energy functions, discontinuous functions, and systems on a lattice.
Source: The Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI: 10.1063/1.1540613
Authors: Tushar S. Jain, Juan J. de Pablo
Institution: University of Wisconsin–Madison
Language: English
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2072496336