Activated instability of homogeneous bubble nucleation and growth

For the superheated Lennard-Jones liquid, the free energy of forming a bubble with a given particle number and volume is calculated using density-functional theory. As conjectured, a consequence of known properties of the critical cavity [S. N. Punnathanam and D. S. Corti, J. Chem. Phys. 119, 10 224...

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Published in:Physical review letters Vol. 99; no. 7; p. 076102
Main Authors: Uline, Mark J, Corti, David S
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 17-08-2007
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