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Overview

Douglas Henderson was affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States. Their research primarily spanned the fields of Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on physical and theoretical chemistry, electrochemistry, and aspects of astronomy and astrophysics.

Their work extensively covered topics such as electrostatics and colloid interactions, electrochemical analysis and applications, analytical chemistry and sensors, astro and planetary science, atomic and molecular physics, and planetary science and exploration, along with material dynamics and properties.

Among Henderson's recent scholarly contributions were three notable papers:

  • "Temperature dependence of differential capacitance in the electric double layer. Symmetric valency 1:1 electrolytes" (2020) published in The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Earth's ambipolar electrostatic field and its role in ion escape to space" (2024) published in Nature
  • "Charge storage in two-dimensional systems" (2020) published in Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Henderson frequently collaborated with a group of coauthors, including G. Collinson, A. Glocer, Aroh Barjatya, A. W. Breneman, and J. H. Clemmons. These partnerships contributed to multiple publications and projects.

The scientist published in venues such as:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Nature
  • Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Theory of simple liquids

    J.‐P. Hansen;I. R. Mcdonald;Douglas Henderson

  • What is "liquid"? Understanding the states of matter

    J. A. Barker;D. Henderson

  • Perturbation Theory and Equation of State for Fluids. II. A Successful Theory of Liquids

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  • Fundamentals of Inhomogeneous Fluids

    Douglas Henderson

  • Intermolecular Forces: Their Origin and Determination

    G. Maitland;M. Rigby;E. Smith;W. Wakeham

  • Perturbation Theory and Equation of State for Fluids: The Square‐Well Potential

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  • The Ornstein-Zernike equation for a fluid in contact with a surface

    Douglas Henderson;Farid F. Abraham;John A. Barker

  • Soft‐Sphere Equation of State

    William G. Hoover;Marvin Ross;Keith W. Johnson;Douglas Henderson

  • Distribution functions of multi-component fluid mixtures of hard spheres

    E.W. Grundke;D. Henderson

  • Spreading of nanofluids driven by the structural disjoining pressure gradient.

    Anoop Chengara;Alex D. Nikolov;Darsh T. Wasan;Andrij Trokhymchuk

  • Some exact results and the application of the mean spherical approximation to charged hard spheres near a charged hard wall

    Douglas Henderson;Lesser Blum

  • Direct correlation function: Hard sphere fluid

    Douglas Henderson;E. W. Grundke

  • An exact formula for the contact value of the density profile of a system of charged hard spheres near a charged wall

    Douglas Henderson;Lesser Blum;Joel L. Lebowitz

  • Analytical representation of the Percus-Yevick hard-sphere radial distribution function

    W.R. Smith;D. Henderson

  • Monte Carlo study of a hard‐sphere fluid near a hard wall

    Ian K. Snook;Douglas Henderson

  • A simple equation of state for hard discs

    Douglas Henderson

  • Mixtures of hard ions and dipoles against a charged wall: The Ornstein–Zernike equation, some exact results, and the mean spherical approximation

    Lesser Blum;D. Henderson

  • Monte Carlo values for the radial distribution function of a system of fluid hard spheres

    J.A. Barker;D. Henderson

  • Phase diagram of the two-dimensional Lennard-Jones system; Evidence for first-order transitions

    J.A. Barker;D. Henderson;F.F. Abraham

  • New models for the structure of the electrochemical interface

    Wolfgang Schmickler;Douglas Henderson

  • A Simple Calculation of Structural and Depletion Forces for Fluids/Suspensions Confined in a Film

    Andrij Trokhymchuk;Douglas Henderson;and Alex Nikolov;Darsh T. Wasan

  • The application of the hypernetted chain approximation to the electrical double layer: Comparison with Monte Carlo results for symmetric salts

    Marcelo Lozada‐Cassou;Rafael Saavedra‐Barrera;Douglas Henderson

  • A simple theory for the force between spheres immersed in a fluid

    Douglas Henderson;Marcelo Lozada-Cassou;Marcelo Lozada-Cassou

  • The interphase between jellium and a hard sphere electrolyte. A model for the electric double layer

    Wolfgang Schmickler;Douglas Henderson

  • Monte Carlo simulation of an ion-dipole mixture as a model of an electrical double layer

    Dezső Boda;Kwong-Yu Chan;Douglas Henderson

  • Monte Carlo and hypernetted chain equation of state for the square‐well fluid

    Douglas Henderson;William G. Madden;Donald D. Fitts

  • Monte Carlo, density functional theory, and Poisson–Boltzmann theory study of the structure of an electrolyte near an electrode

    Dezsö Boda;W. Ronald Fawcett;Douglas Henderson;Stefan Sokołowski

  • Integral equation theory for Lennard‐Jones fluids: The bridge function and applications to pure fluids and mixtures

    Der‐Ming Duh;Douglas Henderson

  • Advances and Perspectives

    Henry Eyring;Douglas Henderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Darsh T. Wasan
Darsh T. Wasan Illinois Institute of Technology
Kwong-Yu Chan
Kwong-Yu Chan University of Hong Kong
Jianzhong Wu
Jianzhong Wu University of California, Riverside
Joel L. Lebowitz
Joel L. Lebowitz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
W. Ronald Fawcett
W. Ronald Fawcett University of California, Davis
Ivo Nezbeda
Ivo Nezbeda Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem
Eckhard Spohr
Eckhard Spohr University of Duisburg-Essen
Derek Y. C. Chan
Derek Y. C. Chan Swinburne University of Technology
J. Karl Johnson
J. Karl Johnson University of Pittsburgh
David J. Wesolowski
David J. Wesolowski Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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