TY - JOUR
T1 - Formation free energy of clusters in vapor-liquid nucleation
T2 - A Monte Carlo simulation study
AU - Oh, K. J.
AU - Zeng, X. C.
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PY - 1999/3/1
Y1 - 1999/3/1
N2 - The formation free energy of clusters in a supersaturated vapor is obtained by a constrained Monte Carlo technique. A key feature of this approach is to set an upper limit to the size of cluster. This maximum cluster size serves essentially as an extra thermodynamic variable that constrains the system. As a result, clusters larger than the critical cluster of nucleation in the supersaturated vapor can no longer grow beyond the limiting size. Like changing the overall density of the system, changing the maximum cluster size also results in a different supersaturation and thereby a different formation free energy. However, at the same supersaturation and temperature it is found that the formation free energy has a unique value, independent of the upper limit of cluster size. The predicted size of critical cluster of nucleation is found to be consistent with the nucleation theorem as well as previous results using different simulation approaches. © 1999 American Institute of Physics.
AB - The formation free energy of clusters in a supersaturated vapor is obtained by a constrained Monte Carlo technique. A key feature of this approach is to set an upper limit to the size of cluster. This maximum cluster size serves essentially as an extra thermodynamic variable that constrains the system. As a result, clusters larger than the critical cluster of nucleation in the supersaturated vapor can no longer grow beyond the limiting size. Like changing the overall density of the system, changing the maximum cluster size also results in a different supersaturation and thereby a different formation free energy. However, at the same supersaturation and temperature it is found that the formation free energy has a unique value, independent of the upper limit of cluster size. The predicted size of critical cluster of nucleation is found to be consistent with the nucleation theorem as well as previous results using different simulation approaches. © 1999 American Institute of Physics.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.478331
DO - 10.1063/1.478331
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0021-9606
VL - 110
SP - 4471
EP - 4476
JO - Journal of Chemical Physics
JF - Journal of Chemical Physics
IS - 9
ER -