{
  "id": "cond-mat/0309190",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2003-09-08T15:20:32.000Z",
  "updated": "2003-09-08T15:20:32.000Z",
  "title": "Homogeneous Nucleation in Inhomogeneous Media II: Nucleation in a Shear Flow",
  "authors": [
    "D. Reguera",
    "J. M. Rubi"
  ],
  "comment": "10 pages, accepted for publication in J. Chem. Phys",
  "doi": "10.1063/1.1614777",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.soft"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate the influence of a shear flow on the process of nucleation. Mesoscopic nonequilibrium thermodynamics is used to derive the Fokker-Planck equation governing the evolution of the cluster size distribution in a metastable phase subjected to a stationary flow. The presence of the flow manifests itself in the expression for the effective diffusion coefficient of a cluster and introduces modifications in the nucleation rate. The implications of these results in condensation and polymer crystallization are discussed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2003-09-08T15:20:32.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "64.60.Qb",
      "64.70.Fx",
      "64.70.Dv",
      "05.70.Ln"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "shear flow",
      "inhomogeneous media",
      "homogeneous nucleation",
      "mesoscopic nonequilibrium thermodynamics",
      "fokker-planck equation"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "journal": "Journal of Chemical Physics",
      "year": 2003,
      "month": "Nov",
      "volume": 119,
      "number": 18,
      "pages": 9888
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 10,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2003JChPh.119.9888R"
    }
  }
}