Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2010, 75, 527-545
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc2009542
Published online 2010-05-12 12:12:17
Coarse-grained potential for interaction with a spherical colloidal particle and planar wall
Milan Předotaa,b,*, Ivo Nezbedaa,c and Stanislav Pařeza
a E. Hála Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., 165 02 Prague 6, Czech Republic
b Institute of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
c Faculty of Science, J. E. Purkinje University, 400 96 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Abstract
An effective coarse-grained interaction potential between a point particle and a spherical colloidal particle with continuously distributed inverse power-law interaction sites is derived. The potential covers all ranges of spherical particle size, from a point particle up to an infinitely large particle forming a planar surface. In the small size limit, the point-to-point interaction is recovered, while in the limit of an infinitely large sphere the potential comes over to the known particle–wall potentials as, e.g., the 9–3 potential in the case of the Lennard–Jones interaction. Correctness and usefulness of the derived potential is exemplified by its application to SPC/E water at a graphite sphere and wall.
Keywords: Spherical colloidal particles; Surface interaction; Effective coarse-grained potential; Molecular simulations; Water at graphite surface.
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