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Solvent hydrodynamics speed up crystal nucleation in suspensions of hard spheres
Radu, Marc; Schilling, Tanja
2014In Europhysics Letters, 105
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Abstract :
[en] We present a computer simulation study on the crystal nucleation process in suspensions of hard spheres, fully taking into account the solvent hydrodynamics. If the dynamics of crystallization in this system were purely diffusive, the crystal nucleation rate would be inversely proportional to the solvent viscosity. However, we observe that the nucleation rate is enhanced at high viscosities with respect to the diffusive behaviour. This effect might explain the large discrepancy between the nuclation rates obtained by simulation and experiment that have been reported in the literature so far.
Research center :
ULHPC - University of Luxembourg: High Performance Computing
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Radu, Marc ;  Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany / Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg / Institut für Materialwissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Schilling, Tanja ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
Language :
English
Title :
Solvent hydrodynamics speed up crystal nucleation in suspensions of hard spheres
Publication date :
January 2014
Journal title :
Europhysics Letters
ISSN :
1286-4854
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France
Volume :
105
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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