Surface tension of the three-dimensional Lennard-Jones fluid from histogram-reweighting Monte Carlo simulations

@article{Potoff_JCP_2000, abstract = {The surface tension of the full three-dimensional Lennard-Jones potential is calculated from grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations with the finite-size scaling methodology outlined by Binder [Phys. Rev. A 25, 1699 (1982)]. Surface tensions are determined for the range of reduced temperatures T* = 0.95\&\#150;1.312 and are found to be in good agreement with molecular-dynamics calculations. A critical temperature Tc*" align="middle"> = 1.311\&\#177;0.002 is established by locating the T* where the surface tension of the infinite system size vanishes. In addition, with this method it is possible to determine the critical exponent 2. For the Lennard-Jones fluid we found 2=1.42\&\#177;0.08, which differs from the accepted value of 2=1.26. \©2000 American Institute of Physics.}, author = {Potoff, Jeffrey J. and Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z. }, citeulike-article-id = {576418}, doi = {10.1063/1.481204}, journal = {The Journal of Chemical Physics}, keywords = {liquidvapor}, number = {14}, pages = {6411--6415}, posted-at = {2008-04-25 12:38:05}, priority = {2}, publisher = {AIP}, title = {Surface tension of the three-dimensional Lennard-Jones fluid from histogram-reweighting Monte Carlo simulations}, url = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal\&id=JCPSA6000112000014006411000001\&idtype=cvips\&gifs=yes}, volume = {112}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - Potoff_JCP_2000 L3 - citeulike-article-id:576418 TI - Surface tension of the three-dimensional Lennard-Jones fluid from histogram-reweighting Monte Carlo simulations JF - The Journal of Chemical Physics VL - 112 IS - 14 SP - 6411 EP - 6415 PB - AIP N2 - The surface tension of the full three-dimensional Lennard-Jones potential is calculated from grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations with the finite-size scaling methodology outlined by Binder [Phys. Rev. A 25, 1699 (1982)]. Surface tensions are determined for the range of reduced temperatures T* = 0.95–1.312 and are found to be in good agreement with molecular-dynamics calculations. A critical temperature Tc*" align="middle"> = 1.311±0.002 is established by locating the T* where the surface tension of the infinite system size vanishes. In addition, with this method it is possible to determine the critical exponent 2. For the Lennard-Jones fluid we found 2=1.42±0.08, which differs from the accepted value of 2=1.26. ©2000 American Institute of Physics. KW - liquidvapor AU - Potoff, Jeffrey AU - Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios PY - 2000/// UR - http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JCPSA6000112000014006411000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes ER -