Homogeneous Nucleation in Inhomogeneous Media I: Nucleation in a Temperature Gradient

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2003-09-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0309189v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

18 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in J. Chem. Phys

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1614776

We introduce a general formalism to analyze nucleation phenomena in inhomogeneous media which considers the influence of the metastable phase, which is treated as a heat bath in which clusters are embedded, in the dynamics of the nucleation process. A kinetic equation for the evolution of the probability density of the clusters, taking into account possible inhomogeneities in the bath, is derived using mesoscopic nonequilibrium thermodynamics. From it, we obtain the nucleation rate and analyze the role played by the metastable phase in the process. We discuss in particular condensation and polymer crystallization in a temperature gradient.

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