Nucleation and cavitation of spherical, cylindrical, and slablike droplets and bubbles in small systems

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  MacDowell, Luis G ^a   Shen, Vincent K ^b   Errington, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY DROP MODEL; NUCLEATION ENERGIES; SLABLIKE DROPLETS; VAN DER WAALS ISOTHERMS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAVITATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOTHERMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 33746285475     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2218845     Document Type: Article

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