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The birth of a bubble: a molecular simulation study.

Alexander V Neimark1, Aleksey Vishnyakov

  • 1Center for Modeling and Characterization of Nanoporous Materials, TRI/Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08542, USA. aneimark@triprinceton.org

The Journal of Chemical Physics
|March 3, 2005
PubMed
Summary

This study reveals how bubble nucleation occurs in confined fluids. As fluid density decreases, interstitial cavities merge into a central bubble embryo, dictating nucleation barriers.

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Area of Science:

  • Physical Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Computational Physics

Background:

  • Understanding phase transitions in confined systems is crucial for materials science and nanotechnology.
  • Metastable states in fluids present complex nucleation phenomena.
  • Intermolecular interactions and pore geometry significantly influence fluid behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the nucleation mechanism of bubbles in a metastable Lennard-Jones fluid within a spherical, wetting pore.
  • To analyze the role of interstitial cavities in bubble formation and growth.
  • To calculate the nucleation barrier and compare simulation results with classical nucleation theory and experimental data.

Main Methods:

  • Grand canonical, canonical ensemble, and gauge cell Monte Carlo simulations.

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  • Voronoi-Delaunay tessellation for statistical geometry analysis of intermolecular cavities.
  • Thermodynamic integration for nucleation barrier calculation.

    • Main Results:

    • Construction of a continuous van der Waals' loop isotherm for the confined fluid.
    • Observation of interstitial cavity evolution and coalescence into a central bubble embryo as metastability increases.
    • Quantification of the nucleation barrier and its dependence on fluid density and metastability.

    Conclusions:

    • The study elucidates a novel bubble nucleation pathway in confined metastable fluids.
    • Interstitial cavity dynamics are key to understanding bubble embryo formation and growth.
    • Simulation results provide insights for refining classical nucleation theory and interpreting capillary condensation experiments.