Most of the people within TP know or remember Joost de Gussem, who did
his bachelor project in our group.
Joost completed his master project last Tuesday (28 August) under the
guidance of Erin McGarrity. The title
of the thesis was no less than "A study of liquid-vapor systems of weak
multipoles using classical DFT". The
title may be seen as a premonition of the lengthy complicated
mathematical analysis which in the end leads
to very good agreement with molecular dynamics simulations on polar
fluids. The main message in a nut-shell
was that taking the local structure of the fluid into account via the
correlation function is essential for a reliable
description of the fluid-gas interface.
After the exam, Joost was awaited by an exclusively female fan club, who
was pleased to hear that he had done
very well, with a good mark as a final result.
Jos Thijssen
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