Generalization of Young-Laplace, Kelvin, and Gibbs-Thomson equations for arbitrarily curved surfaces.

ABSTRACT: The Young-Laplace, Kelvin, and Gibbs-Thomson equations form a cornerstone of colloidal and surface sciences and have found successful applications in many subfields of physics, chemistry, and biology. The Gibbs-Thomson effect, for example, predicts that small crystals are in equilibrium with their liquid melt at a lower temperature than large crystals and the positive interfacial energy increases the energy required to form small particles with a high curvature interface. In cases of liquids contained within porous media (confined geometry), the effect indicates decreasing the freezing/melting temperatures and the increment of the temperature is inversely proportional to the pore size. These phenomena can be reformulated for Gaussian maps of macromolecules and can be asked the following qu

SUBMITTER: Svintradze DV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10027438 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature