The Tolman length: is it positive or negative?
By means of a large-scale molecular dynamics simulation, we show that the Tolman length, although positive, is much smaller in magnitude than previously reported. We found that the range of interparticle interaction can significantly affect the magnitude of the Tolman length. When the range of interaction is longer than five molecular diameters, the Tolman length is on the order of a few hundredths of the molecular diameter, rather than a few tenths known previously.
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Yi An
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School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Bykov
Tikhon
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Yoo
Soohaeng
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Zeng
Xiao Cheng
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