Abstract
Shear viscosity of n-decane was computed using the molecular stress transient time correlation function (TTCF) formalism for the wide range of shear rates from 1.7 1010 s-1 to 2.13 104 s-1. In earlier work calculations were presented for the shear viscosity of n-decane using the atomic stress formalism of the TTCF method (G. Pan and C. McCabe, J. Chem. Phys. 125(19), 4527 (2006)) in which we were able to close the gap between the lowest shear rates accessible by direct nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations and the highest shear rates possible in experimental studies. Here it is shown that the application of the molecular stress approach within the TTCF formalism, as an alternative to the atomic stress method, significantly reduces the number of NEMD trajectories necessary to obtain the shear viscosity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1423-1429 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Molecular Physics |
Volume | 107 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Alkanes
- Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation
- Transient time correlation function
- TTCF
- Viscosity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Molecular Biology
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry