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Hill's nano-thermodynamics is equivalent with Gibbs' thermodynamics for curved surfaces

Chemical Physics 2018-08-15 v1

Abstract

We review first how properties of curved surfaces can be studied using Hill's thermodynamics, also called nano-thermodynamics. We proceed to show for the first time that Hill's analysis is equivalent to Gibbs for curved surfaces. This simplifies the study of surfaces that are curved on the nano-scale, and opens up a possibility to study non-equilibrium systems in a systematic manner.

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@article{arxiv.1806.03444,
  title  = {Hill's nano-thermodynamics is equivalent with Gibbs' thermodynamics for curved surfaces},
  author = {Dick Bedeaux and Signe Kjelstrup},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.03444},
  year   = {2018}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures