Thermodynamic stability of transition states in nanosystems

DOI10.1007/S10955-009-9765-6MaRDI QIDQ836974zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alex Umantsev

Publication date 9 September 2009

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/chemphys_wp/15

zbMATH Keywords

closed systemsinterfacesnanosystemsphase transitions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

Review text

The paper presents the theory which shows that, in a closed system of fixed volume capable of undergoing a phase transition, the transition state can be thermodynamically stable against the bulk phases if a certain material parameters condition is satisfied. In a small system below the critical size, the transition state turns into a globally stable phase that can be observed experimentally. A case of a thin film where the phase separation is permitted only parallel to the plane of the film is considered.

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