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@article{Rahman:2022:10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00201,
author = {Rahman, M and Shen, L and Ewen, J and Dini, D and Smith, E},
doi = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00201},
journal = {Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids},
pages = {4669--4679},
title = {The intrinsic fragility of the liquid-vapor interface: a stress network perspective},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00201},
volume = {38},
year = {2022}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - The evolution of the liquid-vapour interface of a Lennard-Jones fluid is examined with molecular dynamics simulations using the intrinsic sampling method. Results suggest, in agreement with capillary wave theory, clear damping of the density profiles as the temperature is increased. We identify a linear variation of the space-filling nature (fractal dimension) of the stress-clusters at the intrinsic surface with increasing surface tension, or equivalently, with decreasing temperature. A percolation analysis of these stress networks indicates that the stress field is more disjointed at higher temperatures. This leads to more fragile interfaces that result in a reduction in surface tension at higher temperature.
AU - Rahman,M
AU - Shen,L
AU - Ewen,J
AU - Dini,D
AU - Smith,E
DO - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00201
EP - 4679
PY - 2022///
SN - 0743-7463
SP - 4669
TI - The intrinsic fragility of the liquid-vapor interface: a stress network perspective
T2 - Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00201
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/96244
VL - 38
ER -