title: Breath figures: nucleation, growth, coalescence, and the size distribution of droplets.
abstract: The analysis of the size distribution of droplets condensing on a substrate (breath figures) is a test ground for scaling theories. Here, we show that a faithful description of these distributions must explicitly deal with the growth mechanisms of the droplets. This finding establishes a gateway connecting nucleation and growth of the smallest droplets on surfaces to gross features of the evolution of the droplet size distribution.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation (MPIDS), 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blaschke
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lapp
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hof
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vollmer