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The Preparation of Electrohydrodynamic Bridges from Polar Dielectric Liquids
Published on: September 30, 2014
Structure of liquids composed of shifted dipole linear molecules
Santiago Lago1, Silvia López-Vidal, Benito Garzón
1Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera Utrera Km 1, 41013 Seville, Spain. slagara@Princeton.edu
Abstract:
Simulation results for liquids composed of linear molecules interacting through dispersion forces and off-center dipoles are presented. Remarkable differences are found on the vapor-liquid equilibrium respect to that of centered dipole molecules. Even more remarkable is the appearance of additional short-range liquid structure at relatively large dipoles and aspect ratios. The existence of dipole dimers is clearly established, and some suggestions allowing for the correspondence between a particular macroscopic phenomenology and a particular dispersion potential function are presented.
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