Homogeneous nucleation in vapor-liquid phase transition of Lennard-Jones fluids: A density functional theory approach

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ghosh, Satinath ^a   Ghosh, Swapan K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BARRIER HEIGHTS; BULK DENSITY; BULK LIQUID; CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; ENERGY FUNCTIONALS; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; LENNARD JONES FLUID; LIQUID DROP; MINIMUM FREE ENERGIES; MODEL DENSITY; SHARP INTERFACE; SQUARE-GRADIENT APPROXIMATION; SUPERSATURATED VAPORS; VAPOR-LIQUID;

DROPS; FREE ENERGY; LIQUIDS; NUCLEATION; VAPORS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

ARTICLE; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78751498930     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3522771     Document Type: Article

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