article · Physical review. E · 2018

Liquid phase stabilization versus bubble formation at a nanoscale curved interface

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Abstract

We investigate the nature of vapor bubble formation near a nanoscale-curved convex liquid-solid interface using two models: an equilibrium Gibbs model for homogenous nucleation, and a nonequilibrium dynamic van der Waals-diffuse-interface model for phase change in an initially cool liquid. Vapor bubble formation is shown to occur for sufficiently large radius of curvature and is suppressed for smaller radii. Solid-fluid interactions are accounted for and it is shown that liquid-vapor interfacial energy, and hence Laplace pressure, has limited influence over bubble formation. The dominant factor is the energetic cost of creating the solid-vapor interface from the existing solid-liquid interface, as demonstrated via both equilibrium and nonequilibrium arguments.

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APA 7

Schiffbauer, J., & Luo, T. (2018). Liquid phase stabilization versus bubble formation at a nanoscale curved interface. Physical review. E, 97(3), 033106. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.97.033106

MLA 9

Schiffbauer, Jarrod, and Tengfei Luo. “Liquid phase stabilization versus bubble formation at a nanoscale curved interface.” Physical review. E, vol. 97, no. 3, 2018, p. 033106, https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.97.033106.

Chicago

Schiffbauer, Jarrod, and Tengfei Luo. 2018. “Liquid phase stabilization versus bubble formation at a nanoscale curved interface.” Physical review. E 97 (3): 033106. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.97.033106.

Harvard

Schiffbauer, J. and Luo, T. (2018) ‘Liquid phase stabilization versus bubble formation at a nanoscale curved interface’, Physical review. E, 97(3), p. 033106. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.97.033106.

BibTeX

@article{schiffbauer2018liquid,
  title = {{Liquid phase stabilization versus bubble formation at a nanoscale curved interface}},
  author = {Schiffbauer, Jarrod and Luo, Tengfei},
  journal = {Physical review. E},
  volume = {97},
  number = {3},
  pages = {033106},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1103/physreve.97.033106}
}

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