Nucleation is the initial step of every first-order phase transition, and most phase transitions
encountered both in everyday life and industrial processes are of the first-order. Using an …

A combination of the aggregation-volume-bias Monte Carlo algorithm and the umbrella
sampling technique is applied to investigate homogeneous vapor–liquid nucleation. This …

Water dropping from a biased metal needle acquires net electric charge that can be stored
within a Faraday cup. Positive (negative) water is obtained from a positive (negative) needle …

Water becomes a more reactive environment when the extent of hydrogen bonding is
reduced. A more hydrogenbonded network structure slows reactions due to its increased …

In this paper, the effect of electric fields on phase equilibria through polarization is
investigated. A relation is derived for the chemical potential of a system, where the electric …

We have calculated the critical cluster sizes and homogeneous nucleation rates of water at
temperatures and vapor densities corresponding to experiments by Wölk and Strey [J. Phys …

Simulations are used to investigate for the first time the anisotropy of the dielectric response
and the effects of an applied electric field E ex on the phase diagram of water. In the …

Using the simple point charge/extended water model, we performed molecular dynamics
simulations of homogeneous vapor-liquid nucleation at various values of temperature T and …

The barrier height to cation-and anion-induced nucleation to produce water and methanol
droplets are calculated by means of an umbrella-sampling Monte Carlo method. The …

The Kelvin equation relates the vapor pressure of a volatile liquid to the curvature of the
liquid surface. It describes phenomena such as capillary condensation, capillary adhesion …