Jim Lutsko

Jim Lutsko

My interests include Statistical Physics; Crystallization; Density Functional Theory, Simulation methods - particularly rare event techniques, Protein physics, Granular physics and Crystal Growth. I am based in the Physics of Complex Systems and Statistical Mechanics group at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

[057] Ginzburg-Landau theory of the liquid-solid interface and nucleation for hard spheres

James F. Lutsko, "Ginzburg-Landau theory of the liquid-solid interface and nucleation for hard spheres", Phys. Rev. E, 74, 21603 (2006) http://jimlutsko.github.io/files/Lutsko_PRE_2006_3.pdf

Abstract

The Ginzburg-Landau free energy functional for hard spheres is constructed using the fundamental measure theory approach to density functional theory as a starting point. The functional is used to study the liquid-fcc solid planer interface and the properties of small solid clusters nucleating within a liquid. The surface tension for planer interfaces agrees well with simulation and it is found that the properties of the solid clusters are consistent with classical nucleation theory.