Regensburg 2010 – wissenschaftliches Programm
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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik
CPP 32: Poster: Liquids and Ionic Liquids
CPP 32.5: Poster
Mittwoch, 24. März 2010, 17:30–19:00, Poster C
Dipolar particles in an external field: Molecular dynamics simulation and mean field theory — •Ran Jia and Reinhard Hentschke — Fachbereich Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Bergische Universität, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
Using Molecular Dynamics computer simulation we compute gas–liquid phase coexistence curves for the Stockmayer fluid in an external electric field. We observe a field induced shift of the critical temperature, Δ Tc. The sign of Δ Tc depends on whether the potential or the surface charge density is held constant, assuming that the dielectric material fills the space between capacitor plates. Our own as well as previous literature data for Δ Tc are compared to and interpreted in terms of a simple mean field theory. Despite considerable errors in the simulation results, we find consistency between the simulation results obtained by different groups including our own and the mean field description. The latter ties the sign of Δ Tc to the outside constraints via the electric field dependence of the orientation part of the mean field free energy.