On applicability of Gibbs thermodynamics to nanoparticles

• Authors: V. Samsonov , A. Bazulev , N. Sdobnyakov
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The problem of applicability of thermodynamics to small objects has been investigated. It is shown that the Gibbs surface phase method may be extended to nanoparticles if the effective surface tension (the specific excess free energy) is interpreted as a function of the particle radius.

Keywords

EN

Theoretical methods; models and techniques; equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; surface thermodynamics; surface energy; surface structure; surface tension; nanoscience; 68.03.Cd; 81.07.-b; 05.70.Np

• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2003
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 474-484

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2003

online

1 - 9 - 2003

Contributors

author

V. Samsonov

• Tver State University, 33 Zhelyabov St., 170000, Tver, Russia,

author

A. Bazulev

• Tver State University, 33 Zhelyabov St., 170000, Tver, Russia

author

N. Sdobnyakov

• Tver State University, 33 Zhelyabov St., 170000, Tver, Russia,

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/BF02475858