Theorie Kolloquium | October 21, 16:30

Stochastic Density Functional Theory for Electrolytes Out of Equilibrium


The dynamics of interacting Brownian particles can be described by a stochastic  equation for the density field. I will show how the linearised version of this  equation can be used to recover, very simply, certain of Onsager's results  on electrolyte conductivity. In addition I will show how it can analyse the  out of equilibrium thermal Casimir effect between parallel plates containing  Brownian charges, in particular the case where the plates are held at different temperatures and when an electric field drives a current in one of the plates.


David Dean, University of Bordeaux
TP seminar room 0.03
Contact: Joachim Krug