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Influence of size effects on the nucleation processes in a condensed phase

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Some problems related to the influence of size effects on the nucleation processes in nanoparticles have been investigated theoretically.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 84, No. 3, pp. 531–534, May–June, 2011.

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Levdanskii, V.V., Smolik, J. & Zdimal, V. Influence of size effects on the nucleation processes in a condensed phase. J Eng Phys Thermophy 84, 574–578 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-011-0506-8

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