On the contact conditions for the density and charge profiles in the theory of electrical double layer: From planar to spherical and cylindrical geometry
arXiv:2310.12783 · doi:10.1016/j.molliq.2022.121040
Abstract
In this paper, starting from the Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Yvon equations of the liquid-state theory, we formulate two equivalent approaches for the calculation of the total density profile and of the charge density profile of ionic fluids near nonplanar charged surfaces. In the framework of these approaches, we establish exact conditions, that a particular point of these profiles should satisfy, in the form of contact theorems. These contact theorems for the total density profile and the charge density profile are obtained by direct integration of a system of equations derived from the Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Yvon equations. The contact theorems for both profiles have nonlocal character. It is shown that the contact value of the total density profile for uncharged surfaces is characterized by the bulk pressure and the surface tension. The contact theorems are applied to the cases of spherical and cylindrical surfaces. It is shown that the contact theorem for the total density profile coincides with the recent results obtained by W. Silvester-Alcantara, D. Henderson and L.B. Bhuiyan Mol. Phys., 113, 3403, 2015
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