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Size Dependence of the Surface Tension of a Small Droplet under the Assumption of a Constant Tolman Length: Critical Analysis

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Convincing arguments have been presented testifying that that the surface tension of a small spherical droplet must decrease upon diminishing droplet radius in correspondence with a positive constant Tolman length. The solution of the Gibbs–Tolman–Koenig–Buff equation has been found in the most compact form. The surface tension of a small spherical droplet has been calculated within the framework of the continual approximation using the Mie–Lennard-Jones interatomic pair potential.

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Rekhviashvili, S.S. Size Dependence of the Surface Tension of a Small Droplet under the Assumption of a Constant Tolman Length: Critical Analysis. Colloid J 82, 342–345 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061933X20030084

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