Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2015
Abstract
We determine the regularized van der Waals contribution to pressure within a spherical cavity of vapor in a homogeneous, isotropic, infinite medium. The spherical Hamaker function, , has been defined, for the first time, in contrast to the conventional Hamaker function for planar surfaces, . For the materials under consideration, the pressure inside the cavity varies as , where a is the radius of the cavity. For radii below a transition radius, the surface energy (or surface tension) becomes size dependent and could have important implications for homogeneous nucleation of nanosized bubbles in liquids, as well as cavitation of bubbles.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Zheng, Y. and Narayanaswamy, A. (2015), Casimir effect modified surface energy of a nanocavity in homogeneous media. ANNALEN DER PHYSIK, 527: 499-506. doi: 10.1002/andp.201500145
Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.201500145
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