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Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Estimating time-dependent dynamical properties of fluids typically requires extensive simulations.
  • Analyzing fluid scaling properties (structure and dynamics) often necessitates multiple configurations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel method for predicting fluid scaling properties from a single configuration.
  • To demonstrate the applicability of this method to different fluid models and conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a new computational method to infer scaling properties.
  • Application of the method to Lennard-Jones fluid and Kob-Andersen Lennard-Jones mixture.
  • Validation of the method for systems both in and out of equilibrium.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method successfully predicts scaling properties of structure and dynamics from a single configuration.
  • Effective prediction demonstrated for both equilibrium and non-equilibrium states.
  • The method shows robust performance across different fluid models.

Conclusions:

  • A simple and easily implementable method for predicting fluid scaling properties has been developed.
  • This technique bypasses the need for time-consuming simulations.
  • The method is poised to become a standard tool for studying fluid scaling properties.