Classical dynamical density functional theory: from fundamentals to applications

M te Vrugt, H Löwen, R Wittkowski - Advances in Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Classical dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) is one of the cornerstones of modern
statistical mechanics. It is an extension of the highly successful method of classical density …

Power functional theory for many-body dynamics

M Schmidt - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
The rich and diverse dynamics of particle-based systems ultimately originates from the
coupling of their degrees of freedom via internal interactions. To arrive at a tractable …

[HTML][HTML] First-principles superadiabatic theory for the dynamics of inhomogeneous fluids

SM Tschopp, JM Brader - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
For classical many-body systems subject to Brownian dynamics, we develop a
superadiabatic dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) for the description of …

Structure of electric double layers in capacitive systems and to what extent (classical) density functional theory describes it

A Härtel - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Ongoing scientific interest is aimed at the properties and structure of electric double layers
(EDLs), which are crucial for capacitive energy storage, water treatment, and energy …

Phase diagram of two-dimensional hard rods from fundamental mixed measure density functional theory

R Wittmann, CE Sitta, F Smallenburg… - The Journal of chemical …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
A density functional theory for the bulk phase diagram of two-dimensional orientable hard
rods is proposed and tested against Monte Carlo computer simulation data. In detail, an …

A classical density functional from machine learning and a convolutional neural network

L Shang-Chun, M Oettel - SciPost Physics, 2019 - scipost.org
We use machine learning methods to approximate a classical density functional. As a study
case, we choose the model problem of a Lennard Jones fluid in one dimension where there …

Fundamental measure theory for non-spherical hard particles: predicting liquid crystal properties from the particle shape

R Wittmann, M Marechal, K Mecke - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Density functional theory (DFT) for hard bodies provides a theoretical description of the
effect of particle shape on inhomogeneous fluids. We present improvements of the DFT …

Enhanced two-dimensional nematic order in slit-like pores

P Gurin, G Odriozola, S Varga - New Journal of Physics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The effect of out-of-plane positional freedom is examined on the stability of two-dimensional
(2D) nematic order of hard non-spherical particles using the second virial density-functional …

Isotropic-nematic transition for hard rods on a three-dimensional cubic lattice

A Gschwind, M Klopotek, Y Ai, M Oettel - Physical Review E, 2017 - APS
Using grand-canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations, we investigate the isotropic-
nematic phase transition for hard rods of size L× 1× 1 on a three-dimensional cubic lattice …

Algebraic equations of state for the liquid crystalline phase behavior of hard rods

VFD Peters, M Vis, HH Wensink, R Tuinier - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
Based on simplifications of previous numerical calculations [H. Graf and H. Löwen, Phys.
Rev. E 59, 1932 (1999) 1063-651X 10.1103/PhysRevE. 59.1932], we propose algebraic free …