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  • Materials Science
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Computational Physics

Background:

  • Surface tension is crucial for understanding solid-liquid interfaces.
  • Previous studies on fluid/fluid interfaces differ from solid/liquid systems.
  • Graphene-liquid methane interfaces present unique structural considerations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compute the surface tension of a graphene-liquid methane interface.
  • To investigate the influence of fluid structuration on surface tension.
  • To develop a statistical method for determining reliable surface tension values and uncertainties.

Main Methods:

  • Molecular dynamics simulations were employed.
  • The Kirkwood-Buff formalism was utilized for calculations.
  • A series of simulations with varied initial conditions were performed.

Main Results:

  • Solid/liquid interfaces show different first fluid layer structurations compared to fluid/fluid cases.
  • A statistical approach yielded a distribution of surface tensions, enabling average value and uncertainty extraction.
  • Surface tension was found to be insensitive to potential energy cutoff and long-range corrections.

Conclusions:

  • The statistical method provides robust surface tension values for solid-liquid interfaces.
  • System size influences the convergence of surface tension distributions.
  • The findings challenge previous observations regarding commensurability effects.