Nucleation of liquid droplets in a fluid with competing interactions

Using a simple density functional theory (DFT) the height of the free energy barrier for forming a droplet of the liquid phase from the metastable gas phase is determined for a model colloidal fluid exhibiting competing interactions. The pair potential has a hard core of diameter σ, is attractive Yu...

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Main Authors: Andrew Archer, Robert Evans
Format: Default Article
Published: 2011
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Other mathematical sciences not elsewhere classified
Nucleation
Free energy barrier
Colloids
Competing interactions
Gas-liquid phase separation
Density functional theory
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/16001
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