title: Numerical evidence of the formation of a thin microscopic film of methane at the water surface: a free energy calculation.
abstract: We report a free energy calculation of a methane molecule as a function of its position along the normal to the water surface, and establish that the formation of a methane film at the water surface is thermodynamically favoured.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6251, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France. aziz.ghoufi@univ-rennes1.fr
authors.forename: Aziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghoufi
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malfreyt