Structuring effects in binary nucleation: Molecular dynamics simulatons and coarse-grained nucleation theory

Binary clusters formed by vapor-liquid nucleation are frequently nonhomogeneous objects in which components are not well mixed. The structure of a cluster plays an important role in nucleation and cluster growth. We demonstrate structuring effects by studying high-pressure nucleation and cluster growth in the n-nonane/methane mixture by means of...

Efficient approach to nucleation and growth dynamics: Stationary diffusion flux model

A new model describing the evolution of clusters in the processes of nucleation and growth is proposed. The diffusion flux in the nonstationary Fokker–Planck equation with an unknown distribution function is approximated by the closed form expression containing the steady-state solution of the Zeldovich–Frenkel equation. This is justified due to...

Crossover model for the work of critical cluster formation in nucleation theory

We propose a relation for the work of critical cluster formation in nucleation theory W for the systems with long-range interparticle interactions. The method of bridge functions is used to combine the system behavior at sufficiently small quenches, adequately predicted by the classical nucleation theory, with nonclassical effects at deep...