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An efficient dissipative particle dynamics-based algorithm for simulating electrolyte solutions

2015; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 142; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.4905102

ISSN

1520-9032

Autores

Stefan Medina, Jiajia Zhou, Zhen‐Gang Wang, Friederike Schmid,

Tópico(s)

Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies

Resumo

We propose an efficient simulation algorithm based on the dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) method for studying electrohydrodynamic phenomena in electrolyte fluids. The fluid flow is mimicked with DPD particles while the evolution of the concentration of the ionic species is described using Brownian pseudo particles. The method is designed especially for systems with high salt concentrations, as explicit treatment of the salt ions becomes computationally expensive. For illustration, we apply the method to electro-osmotic flow over patterned, superhydrophobic surfaces. The results are in good agreement with recent theoretical predictions.

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