Classical nucleation theory with a tolman correction

The effect of the Tolman correction for the surface tension of small droplets on the classical Becker-Doering theory of nucleation is studied near the critical temperature T_c. Also a generalization of the kinetic prefactor is studied together with this correction. No qualitative change in the very small slope of the curve of the reduced supercooling as a function of (1–T)/T_c at constant nucleation rates was found.The Center for Polymer Studies is supported in part by grants from ARO, ONR, and NSF.