title: Surface tension of spherical drops from surface of tension.
abstract: The determination of surface tension of curved interfaces is a topic that raised many controversies during the last century. Explicit liquid-vapor interface modelling (ELVI) was unable up to now to reproduce interfacial behaviors in drops due to ambiguities in the mechanical definition of the surface tension. In this work, we propose a thermodynamic approach based on the location of surface of tension and its use in the Laplace equation to extract the surface tension of spherical interfaces from ELVI modelling.
authors: CEA/DAM DIF, F-91297 Arpajon Cedex, France.
authors: A-A
authors: AA
authors: Homman
authors: CEA/DAM DIF, F-91297 Arpajon Cedex, France.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Bourasseau
authors: Université Paris-Est, CERMICS (ENPC), INRIA, F-77455 Marne-la-Vallée, France.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Stoltz
authors: Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Blaise Pascal, UMR CNRS 6296, ICCF, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Malfreyt
authors: Institut de Physique de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1 UMR 6251 CNRS, 263 avenue Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes, France.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Strafella
authors: Institut de Physique de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1 UMR 6251 CNRS, 263 avenue Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes, France.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Ghoufi