ISSN:
0066-426X
Source:
Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract This article reviews a new and general theory of nonuniform fluids that naturally incorporates molecular scale information into the classical van der Waals theory of slowly varying interfaces. The method optimally combines two standard approximations, molecular (mean) field theory to describe interface formation and linear response (or Gaussian fluctuation) theory to describe local structure. Accurate results have been found in many different applications in nonuniform simple fluids and these ideas may have important implications for the theory of hydrophobic interactions in water.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.physchem.53.100201.133929
