Resolution of the problems of replacement free energy, 1/s, and internal consistency in nucleation theory by consideration of the length scale for mixing entropy

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 4506-4509

  Reiss, Howard ^a   Kegel, Willem K ^a   Katz, Joseph L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001177588     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4506     Document Type: Article

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