Dissipative particle dynamics simulation of nano Taylor cone

Dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) is an emerging method for simulating problems at mesoscopic time and length scales. In this paper, we present a new algorithm to describe the hydrodynamics of a perfect conductive fluid in the presence of an electric field. The model is based on solving the electrostatic equations in each DPD time step for determining the charge distribution at the fluid interface and, therefore, corresponding electrical forces exerted by the electric field to the particles near the interface. The method is applied to a perfect conductive pendant drop which is immersed in a perfect dielectric and hydrodynamically inactive ambient. We have shown that when the applied voltage is sufficiently high, the drop shape is changed to a cone with an apex angle which is near to the Taylor analytical estimation of 98.6°. Our results reveal that the presented algorithm gives new capabilities to the conventional DPD method for simulating nanoscale problems in the presence of an electric field.