Modification of the classical nucleation theory based on molecular simulation data for surface tension, critical nucleus size, and nucleation rate

Details Modification of the classical nucleation theory based on molecular simulation data for surface tension, critical nucleus size, and nucleation rate Modification of the classical nucleation theory based on molecular simulation data for surface tension, critical nucleus size, and nucleation rate

2009-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/0904.0875v1

Phys. Rev. E 78: 011603 (2008)

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Chemical Physics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.78.011603

Nucleation in supersaturated vapor is investigated with two series of molecular dynamics simulations in the canonical ensemble. The applied methods are: (a) analysis of critical nuclei at moderate supersaturations by simulating equilibria of single droplets with surrounding vapors in small systems; (b) simulation of homogeneous nucleation during condensation with large systems containing 10^5 to 10^6 particles for calculating the nucleation rate of vapors at high supersaturations. For the Lennard-Jones fluid, truncated and shifted at 2.5 times the size parameter, it is shown that the classical nucleation theory underestimates both the nucleation rate and the size of the critical nucleus. A surface property corrected modification of this theory is proposed to consistently cover data on the surface tension of the curved interface, the critical nucleus size, and the nucleation rate.

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