Molecular Physics seminar

Molecular dynamics simulations of evaporative cooling of nanometer-sized water droplets

Name: Molecular dynamics simulations of evaporative cooling of nanometer-sized water droplets
Start: 2013-11-04T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2013-11-04T11:00:00+01:00
Location: No location set

by Mr Daniel Schlesinger (Stockholm university)

Monday 4 Nov 2013, 10:00 → 11:00 Europe/Stockholm

FA31

Description

Motivated by recent experiments we perform molecular dynamics simulations of droplets of TIP4P/2005 water in vacuum to investigate the temperature evolution caused by evaporation and to compare the results to the predictions from Knudsen's theory. We discuss different influences on the evaporation rate. The Knudsen theory is found to perform well, even for the microscopic dimensions.