Abstract
Curvature corrections to the surface tension of spherical fluid-vapour interfaces are studied. A continuum Landau-Ginzburg free energy functional is used to derive a closed-form expression for δ, the first curvature correction to the surface tension of a liquid drop. In this model, capillary wave-like fluctuations produce the only non-zero contribution to δ. It is found that δ is positive and diverges as the correlation length near a critical point.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 805-814 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Molecular Physics |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Molecular Biology
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry