Two-dimensional fluids in a periodic external potential: Intercalation in graphite

Omar A. Karim, B. Montgomery Pettitt

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Abstract

An inhomogeneous anisotropic integral equation theory is used to predict the sixfold pattern of intensity in the structure factor for graphite intercalation compounds. The competition of length scales implied by particle size and the underlying lattice through the interplay of the liquid packing structure with the graphitic external field is shown to be responsible for the observed halo-like features in S(k). By using a density functional motivated ansatz no explicit truncation of the angular Fourier components of the density distributions was necessary.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)72-77
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume137
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - May 29 1987
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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