.. _squarewell:

squarewell
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Square well structure factor with Mean Spherical Approximation closure

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Parameter        Description                                         Units     Default value
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radius_effective effective radius of hard sphere                     |Ang|                50
volfraction      volume fraction of spheres                          None               0.04
welldepth        depth of well, epsilon                              kT                  1.5
wellwidth        width of well in diameters (=2R) units, must be > 1 diameters           1.2
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The returned value is a dimensionless structure factor, $S(q)$.


Calculates the interparticle structure factor for a hard sphere fluid
with a narrow, attractive, square well potential. **The Mean Spherical
Approximation (MSA) closure relationship is used, but it is not the most
appropriate closure for an attractive interparticle potential.** However,
the solution has been compared to Monte Carlo simulations for a square
well fluid and these show the MSA calculation to be limited to well
depths $\epsilon < 1.5$ kT and volume fractions $\phi < 0.08$.

Positive well depths correspond to an attractive potential well. Negative
well depths correspond to a potential "shoulder", which may or may not be
physically reasonable. The :ref:`stickyhardsphere` model may be a better
choice in some circumstances.

Computed values may behave badly at extremely small $qR$.

.. note::

   Earlier versions of SasView did not incorporate the so-called
   $\beta(q)$ ("beta") correction [2] for polydispersity and non-sphericity.
   This is only available in SasView versions 5.0 and higher.

The well width $(\lambda)$ is defined as multiples of the particle diameter
$(2 R)$.

The interaction potential is:

.. math::

    U(r) = \begin{cases}
    \infty & r < 2R \\
    -\epsilon & 2R \leq r < 2R\lambda \\
    0 & r \geq 2R\lambda
    \end{cases}

where $r$ is the distance from the center of a sphere of a radius $R$.

In SasView the effective radius may be calculated from the parameters
used in the form factor $P(q)$ that this $S(q)$ is combined with.

For 2D data: The 2D scattering intensity is calculated in the same way as 1D,
where the $q$ vector is defined as

.. math::

    q = \sqrt{q_x^2 + q_y^2}


.. figure:: img/squarewell_autogenfig.png

    1D plot corresponding to the default parameters of the model.


**Source**

:download:`squarewell.py <src/squarewell.py>`

**References**

#.  R V Sharma, K C Sharma, *Physica*, 89A (1977) 213

#.  M Kotlarchyk and S-H Chen, *J. Chem. Phys.*, 79 (1983) 2461-2469

**Authorship and Verification**

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* **Last Reviewed by:** Steve King **Date:** March 27, 2019