Cluster free energies and nucleation: a density functional approach |
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| Authors: | David W. Oxtoby |
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| Affiliation: | 1. James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., 60637, Chicago, IL, USA
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| Abstract: | Density functional methods of statistical mechanics are applied to calculate the average density profiles and free energies of small (50–500 particles) liquid clusters in unstable or metastable equilibrium with respect to the vapor. The results are compared with those obtained from experiments on homogeneous nucleation of liquids from the vapor. |
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