Thermodynamic expansion of nucleation free-energy barrier and size of critical nucleus near the vapor-liquid coexistence

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3466-3471

  Koga, Kenichiro ^a   Zeng, X C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0000715645     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.478214     Document Type: Article

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