Three-dimensional analyses of fluids with surfactants using the real-coded lattice gas method

We established a simulation model for the fluid-surfactant system, by introducing dumbbell-structured particles into the Real-Coded Lattice Gas (RLG), an efficient particle-based model for fluctuating hydrodynamics. Numerical simulations in 3D geometries were carried out. In particular, we successfully reproduced the spontaneous assembling of spherical micelles in an aqueous environment and the formation of bicontinuous phase in a water/oil/surfactant ternary fluid. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.