Sticky hard sphere model

Sticky hard sphere model is given by (Eq. 9)

${\mathrm{\Phi }}_{12}(r)=\{\begin{array}{ccc}\mathrm{\infty }& ;& r<\sigma \\ \log (12\tau \lambda /\sigma )& ;& \sigma \le r<\lambda \sigma \\ 0& ;& r\ge \lambda \sigma \end{array}$

where $\lambda \to 0$

See also

• Hard sphere model
• Square well model

References

Related reading

• W. G. T. Kranendonk and D. Frenkel "Simulation of the adhesive-hard-sphere model", Molecular Physics 64 pp. 403-424 (1988)
• S. Bravo Yuste and A. Santos "Sticky hard spheres beyond the Percus-Yevick approximation", Physical Review E 48 pp. 4599-4604 (1993)
• Stefano Buzzaccaro, Roberto Rusconi, and Roberto Piazza "Sticky Hard Spheres: Equation of State, Phase Diagram, and Metastable Gels", Physical Review Letters 99 098301 (2007)