Size Dependence of the Surface Tension of a Small Droplet under the Assumption of a Constant Tolman Length: Critical Analysis

Convincing arguments have been presented testifying that that the surface tension of a small spherical droplet must decrease upon diminishing droplet radius in correspondence with a positive constant Tolman length. The solution of the Gibbs–Tolman–Koenig–Buff equation has been found in the most comp...

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Published inColloid journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vol. 82; no. 3; pp. 342 - 345
Main Author Rekhviashvili, S. Sh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.05.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Droplets
Polymer Sciences
Short Communications
Surface tension
Surfaces and Interfaces
Thin Films
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Summary:Convincing arguments have been presented testifying that that the surface tension of a small spherical droplet must decrease upon diminishing droplet radius in correspondence with a positive constant Tolman length. The solution of the Gibbs–Tolman–Koenig–Buff equation has been found in the most compact form. The surface tension of a small spherical droplet has been calculated within the framework of the continual approximation using the Mie–Lennard-Jones interatomic pair potential.
ISSN:1061-933X
1608-3067
DOI:10.1134/S1061933X20030084