%0 Journal Article %T Dimensionality Effects in Dipolar Fluids: A Density Functional Theory Study %A Remi Geiger %A Sabine H. L. Klapp %J Journal of Modern Physics %P 401-408 %@ 2153-120X %D 2013 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/jmp.2013.43A056 %X
Using classical density functional theory (DFT) in a modified mean-field approximation we investigate the fluid phase behavior of quasi-two dimensional dipolar fluids confined to a plane. The particles carry three-dimensional dipole moments and interact via a combination of hard-sphere, van-der-Waals, and dipolar interactions. The DFT predicts complex phase behavior involving first- and second-order isotropic-to-ferroelectric transitions, where the ferroelectric ordering is characterized by global polarization within the plane. We compare this phase behavior, particularly the onset of ferroelectric ordering and the related tri-critical points, with corresponding three-dimensional systems, slab-like systems (with finite extension into the third direction), and true two-dimensional systems with two-dimensional dipole moments.
%K Dipole-Dipole Interactions %K Dimensionality %K Phase Diagram %K Density Functional Theory %K Long-Range Correlations %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=29328