Langmuir-Blodgett films computer simulation

Many new technologies rely on the unusual properties of interfaces— Langmuir-Blodgett and other films, micelles, vesicles, small liquid drops, and so on. Classical thermodynamics is often inadequate as a basis for treating such systems because of their smallness, and experimental probes of the interface are limited, especially for fluid systems. Computer simulation can play an important role here, both in understanding the role of intermolecular forces in obtaining desired properties and, in combination with experiment, in designing better materials and processes [6, 28]. 

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