Mesoscopic nonequilibrium kinetics of nucleation processes
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David Reguera
Abstract
This article reviews our recent efforts to provide a rigorous description of the kinetics of nucleation processes from a mesoscopic and nonequilibrium perspective. Its usefulness to analyze different important aspects of the process, such as the validity of the Nucleation Theorem, the proper incorporation of translational and rotational degrees of freedom, and the influence of inhomogeneities and gradients in the process, is discussed. The theory sketched here provides a unified framework in which nucleation can be realistically described.
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- Analytical Subject Index
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Articles in the same Issue
- Contents of Volume 29 (2004)
- Analytical Subject Index
- Index of Authors
- Acknowledgement
- Highlight: 8th Joint European Thermodynamics Conference
- The non-equilibrium thermodynamics approach to the dynamics of mesoscopic systems
- Mesoscopic nonequilibrium kinetics of nucleation processes
- About some current frontiers of the second law
- Hydrodynamic stability of binary mixtures in Bénard and thermogravitational cells
- Hydrothermal waves and corotating rolls in laterally heated convection in simple liquids
- Toward a complete description of nucleation and growth in liquid–liquid phase separation
- Interplay between thermodynamics and geometry in the adsorption of non-spherical nanoparticles at liquid/liquid interfaces
- Thermo-diffusion revisited: A comparative approach between two recent thermodynamic formalisms