Using test particle sum rules to improve approximations in classical DFT : White-Bear and White-Bear mark II versions of the Lutsko Functional

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Autori principali: Gül, Melih, Roth, Roland, Evans, Robert
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author Gül, Melih
Roth, Roland
Evans, Robert
author_facet Gül, Melih
Roth, Roland
Evans, Robert
contents In a recent paper [M. Gül et al., Phys. Rev. E, 110 (6), 064115] we showed that test particle sum rules, which address the excess chemical potential and isothermal compressibility, could be used to develop new and accurate classical density functionals for hard-sphere (HS) fluids. Here we extend our approach to the construction of HS functionals building upon the state of art White-Bear (WB) and White-Bear mark II functionals. Employing the same test-particle sum rules we determine the two free parameters in the Lutsko [James F. Lutsko, Phys. Rev. E, 102, 062137] formulation of fundamental measure theory (FMT) by minimizing the relative errors between different routes to the two thermodynamic quantities. The resulting optimized Lutsko WB functionals, especially Lutsko WB mark II, are generally more accurate and consistent than those obtained in earlier treatments.
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spellingShingle Using test particle sum rules to improve approximations in classical DFT : White-Bear and White-Bear mark II versions of the Lutsko Functional
Gül, Melih
Roth, Roland
Evans, Robert
Soft Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Statistical Mechanics
In a recent paper [M. Gül et al., Phys. Rev. E, 110 (6), 064115] we showed that test particle sum rules, which address the excess chemical potential and isothermal compressibility, could be used to develop new and accurate classical density functionals for hard-sphere (HS) fluids. Here we extend our approach to the construction of HS functionals building upon the state of art White-Bear (WB) and White-Bear mark II functionals. Employing the same test-particle sum rules we determine the two free parameters in the Lutsko [James F. Lutsko, Phys. Rev. E, 102, 062137] formulation of fundamental measure theory (FMT) by minimizing the relative errors between different routes to the two thermodynamic quantities. The resulting optimized Lutsko WB functionals, especially Lutsko WB mark II, are generally more accurate and consistent than those obtained in earlier treatments.
title Using test particle sum rules to improve approximations in classical DFT : White-Bear and White-Bear mark II versions of the Lutsko Functional
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07050