Commment on "Secondary Nucleation by Interparticle Energies. I. Thermodynamics"

2024/08/23 by Rasmus A. X. Persson, Persson, Rasmus A. X.
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #FOS: Physical sciences #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2408.12973

openalex publication_date 2024/08/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We point out an inconsistency in the theoretical treatment of Bosetti and collaborators (Crystal Growth & Design, 2021, 22.1: 87-97), and then proceed to prove that for monomers interacting by two-body potentials, the presence of an infinite, flat, attractive crystal surface may not induce an increased propensity for cluster formation (that is, secondary nucleation) of the type envisioned by these authors.

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