Validity of Tolman's equation: How large should a droplet be?

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4063-4070

  Koga, Kenichiro ^a   Zeng, X C ^a   Shchekin, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0001646504     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.477006     Document Type: Article

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