EVALUATION OF THE PROPORTIANALITY COEFFICIENT IN RUSANOV`S FORMULA FOR THE SURFACE TENSION ON THE BASIS OF COMPUTER SIMULATION OF NANOPARTICLES

Abstract

A method is proposed to calculate the proportionality coefficient K in Rusanov’s linear formula σ=KR for the surface tension of a small object using the size dependence of the specific total surface energy ξ(R), where R is the particle radius. Contrary to σ(R), the ξ(R) dependence be can easily enough found via computer simulation results.

Keywords

• Rusanov’s formula for the surface tension of nanoparticles
• conditions of thermodynamic stability for nanoparticles and nanoconstructional materials