Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064
The structure and dynamics of the water/1,2-dichloroethane interface under the influence of a static electric field are studied using molecular dynamics computer simulation. By calculating global structural features such as density profiles, interface width, total energies and surface tension, we show that the electric field tends to broaden the interface and decrease the surface tension by increasing the amplitude of finger-like distortions, without strongly affecting the local microscopic structure or dynamics.