A fingerprint of surface-tension anisotropy in the free-energy cost of nucleation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Prestipino, Santi ^a   Laio, Alessandro ^b   Tosatti, Erio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPLET VOLUME; FIELD THEORY; FIRST ORDER TRANSITIONS; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; NUCLEATION RATE; PARENT PHASE; PREFACTORS; SMALL FLUCTUATION; SPHERICAL SHAPE; STABLE PHASE; STRONG ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; FREE ENERGY; NUCLEATION; SURFACE TENSION;

DROPS;

EID: 84874226127     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4790635     Document Type: Article

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