2014/04/01 by Xiaofei Xu, Christina L. Ting, Christina Ting +3 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Materials Science · #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions #Crystallization and Solubility Studies #Material Dynamics and Properties
paper · doi:10.1146/annurev-physchem-032511-143750
Nucleation is a ubiquitous phenomenon in many physical, chemical, and biological processes. In this review, we describe recent progress on the theoretical study of nucleation in polymeric fluids and soft matter, including binary mixtures (polymer blends, polymers in poor solvents, compressible polymer-small molecule mixtures), block copolymer melts, and lipid membranes. We discuss the methodological development for studying nucleation as well as novel insights and new physics obtained in the study of the nucleation behavior in these systems.