Eur. Phys. J. E (2013) 36: 10
https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2013-13010-7

Colloquium

Recent advances in Many Body Dissipative Particles Dynamics simulations of liquid-vapor interfaces

¹ Institut de Physique de Rennes, Université Rennes 1, 263 avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes, France
² Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, ICCF, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

^* e-mail: aziz.ghoufi@univ-rennes1.fr
^** e-mail: patrice.malfreyti@univ-bpclermont.fr

Received: 8 August 2012
Accepted: 14 January 2013
Published online: 31 January 2013

Abstract

Many Body Dissipative Particles Dynamics (MDPD) simulation is a novel promising mesoscopic method to model the liquid-vapor interfaces. Based upon works of Paganobarraga and Frenkel (J. Chem. Phys. 15, 5015 (2001)) and Trofimov (J. Chem. Phys. 117, 9383 (2002)) and of Warren (Phys. Rev. E 68, 066702 (2003)) this method has been critically reviewed during this last decade. We propose here to give an overview of the Many Body Dissipative Particles Dynamic simulation within the framework of the liquid-vapor interfaces. We recall the theoretical background of MDPD and we present some recent results of systems of interest such as water liquid-vapor interfaces and salt effect on water surface tension. Additionally we discuss the ability of MDPD to capture the mechanisms at the mesoscopic scale through the formation of micelles and the coalescence of a nanodroplet water on water surface.