Monte Carlo simulation of hydrophobic interaction

Abstract

The solvation force between neutral surfaces in water is studied by running the grand canonical ensembleMonte Carlo simulations on the system containing up to 102 water‐like particles between parallel smooth plates immersed in the fluid. The water molecules are modeled like hard spheres with embedded point dipoles and orientation dependent adhesion potential. The pressure between the walls as a function of the distance displays oscillations resembling those observed experimentally, The overall attraction between the plates is observed despite the absence of direct wall–wall or wall–fluid attractive forces.