Molecular dynamic simulation and equation of state of Lennard-Jones chain fluids |
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Authors: | Jaeeon Chang Hwayong Kim |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea |
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Abstract: | In order to study the thermodynamic properties of chain and polymeric fluids at the molecular level, we perform constant temperature
molecular dynamics simulations of ‘repulsive’ and ‘full’ Lennard-Jones (LJ) chain fluids of lengths up to 16. In the simulation,
the RATTLE algorithm to determine constraint forces and the Nose-Hoover thermostat to sample the canonical ensemble are used.
For repulsive LJ chains, the compressibility factor of the chain fluids is predicted from first-order thermodynamic perturbation
theory combined with the Week-Chandler-Andersen (TPT1-WCA) perturbation theory, and is compared to the simulation results.
A good agreement between the theory and the simulation results is found particularly at liquid-like densities. For full LJ
chains, two different versions of TPT1 are used to calculate the compressibility factor: one is TPT1-WCA, and the other is
TPT1 with the Percus-Yevick approximation for the radial distribution function of the LJ spheres (TPT1-PY). At low and intermediate
densities, TPT1-PY gives better predictions for the compressibility of the LJ chain fluids, whereas at high densities TPT1-WCA
is more reliable. |
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Keywords: | Equation of State Molecular Dynamics Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory Lennard-Jones Chain Fluid |
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