Universality in diffusion-controlled nucleation and growth

Tkachenko, Alexei V.

doi:10.1063/5.0241976

Title: Universality in diffusion-controlled nucleation and growth

Journal Article · 14 January 2025 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0241976 · OSTI ID:2523622

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Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

Nucleation and growth are studied in a system that undergoes diffusion-controlled condensation under gradual changes in parameters, such as cooling. Here, it is demonstrated that when the Gibbs–Thompson effect becomes negligible, the system falls into a universal regime. i.e., the final droplet size distribution remains invariant under certain rescaling of system parameters. An approximate yet very accurate analytic form is obtained for the final droplet size distribution in this regime.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 2523622

Report Number(s):: BNL--227604-2025-JAAM

Journal Information:: Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 162; ISSN 0021-9606

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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