Thermodynamically consistent description of the work to form a nucleus of any size

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1837-1851

  Kashchiev, Dimo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SURFACES;

NUCLEATION RATE; NUCLEUS SIZE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037460238     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1531614     Document Type: Article

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