Theoretical study on the stability of nanobubbles and its verification in molecular dynamics simulation

The stability of vapor nanobubbles in bulk liquid was investigated theoretically and the critical bubble size was derived from macroscale thermodynamic equations,below which the system destabilizes with sharp drop in pressure.This critical size was quantitatively verified in molecular dynamic simulation using the Lennard-Jones model of argon,where stronger attraction between the molecules at lower density is found to contribute most to the drop of system pressure and,as the Laplace pressure on the curved bubble interface fails to balance the pressure difference across the interface,the bubbles become unstable.The theoretical model could be extended to other systems where reliable equations of state and interfacial tension are available.

LJ势氩系统分子动力学模拟中截断半径的选择

近年来在分子动力学方法研究LJ(Lennard-Jones)势氩系统时,越来越多的计算建议采用4.5σ甚至更大的截断半径(σ为氩原子直径)。本工作研究了不同截断半径对等温等压NPT系综氩系统熔沸点相图的影响,分析了不同截断半径下在氩系统的熔点及液相区域不同热力学状态点的径向分布函数和速度自相关函数。结果表明,以熔点为基准,在距离其相同液态温区分率的热力学温度点能获得相同的热力学性质,2.5σ的截断半径在模拟的准确性和计算性能上均能满足模拟的要求,本工作为液氩模拟中截断半径的选择指明了一个新的思考方向。