Weeks John D
Institute for Physical Science and Technology and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
Annu Rev Phys Chem. 2002;53:533-62. doi: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.53.100201.133929. Epub 2001 Oct 4.
This article reviews a new and general theory of nonuniform fluids that naturally incorporates molecular scale information into the classical van der Waals theory of slowly varying interfaces. The method optimally combines two standard approximations, molecular (mean) field theory to describe interface formation and linear response (or Gaussian fluctuation) theory to describe local structure. Accurate results have been found in many different applications in nonuniform simple fluids and these ideas may have important implications for the theory of hydrophobic interactions in water.
本文综述了一种非均匀流体的新通用理论，该理论自然地将分子尺度信息纳入经典的范德华慢变界面理论。该方法最优地结合了两种标准近似，即用于描述界面形成的分子（平均）场理论和用于描述局部结构的线性响应（或高斯涨落）理论。在非均匀简单流体的许多不同应用中都得到了精确结果，这些观点可能对水中疏水相互作用理论具有重要意义。
