Topologies of Nanoscale Droplets upon Head-On Collision from Large Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

ABSTRACT: The binary collision of nanoscale droplets is studied with molecular dynamics simulation for droplets consisting of up to 2 × 10⁷ molecules interacting via a truncated and shifted form of the Lennard-Jones potential. Considering head-on collisions of droplets with a temperature near the triple point that occur in a saturated vapor of the same fluid, this work explores a range of collision topologies. Four droplet sizes, with a radius ranging from 30 to 120 molecule diameters, are simulated with a varying initial relative collision velocity, covering 36 cases in total. Due to the relatively large size of the droplets, this study aims to resolve the differences in the collision behavior between droplets on the micro- and on the macroscale. By analyzing various metrics of the impac

SUBMITTER: Tugend L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11755786 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature