Dimo Kashchiev
Nucleation: Basic Theory with Applications,
Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2000
Represents a detailed and systematic account of the basic principles, developments and applications of the theory of nucleation.
Four parts devoted to the thermodynamics of nucleation, the kinetics of nucleation, the effect of various factors on nucleation and the application of the theory to other processes which involve nucleation.
Not merely an account of the status quo in nucleation theory: new results as well as extensions and generalisations of existing ones are reported.
The formation of new phases begins with the process of nucleation which is thus a widely spread phenomenon in both nature and technology. Condensation and evaporation, crystal growth, electrodeposition, melt crystallization, growth of thin films for microelectronics, volcano eruption and formation of particulate matter in space are only a few of the processes in which nucleation plays a prominent role.
Professor Dimo Kashchiev is a leading expert in the field of nucleation. He is based at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is also a former visiting professor at the Delft University of Technology and at Hiroshima University.
CONTENTS: Thermodynamics of Nucleation: First-Order Phase Transitions; Driving Force for Nucleation; Work for Cluster Formation; Nucleus Size and Nucleation Work; Nucleation Theorem; Properties of Clusters; Equilibrium Cluster Size Distribution; Density-Functional Approach. Kinetics of Nucleation: Master Equation; Transition Frequencies; Nucleation Rate; Equilibrium; Stationary Nucleation; First Application of the Nucleation Theorem; Nonstationary Nucleation; Second Application of the Nucleation Theorem; Nucleation at Variable Supersaturation. Factors Affecting Nucleation: Seed Size; Line Energy; Strain Energy; Electric Field; Carrier-Gas Pressure; Solution Pressure; Preexisting Clusters; Active Centres. Applications: Overall Crystallization; Crystal Growth; Third Application of the Nucleation Theorem; Induction Time; Fourth Application of the Nucleation Theorem; Metastability Limit; Maximum Number of Supernuclei; Size Distribution of Supernuclei; Growth of Thin Films; Rupture of Amphiphile Bilayers. Appendices; References; Author Index; Subject Index.
READERSHIP: Scientists in the various areas of chemistry, physics and materials science and technology, graduate and PhD students, lecturers, professors, researchers and engineers.
Reference book for academic and industrial researchers.
ISBN 0 7506 4682 9 : 544pp : 234 x 156 mm : 130 line drawings : ca. 800 references : Hardback : March 2000.
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