Van der Waals Attraction and Coalescence of Aqueous Salt Nanodroplets

0181816 - UFCH-W 20030258 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Jungwirth, Pavel - Buch, V.
Van der Waals Attraction and Coalescence of Aqueous Salt Nanodroplets.
Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. Roč. 68, č. 12 (2003), s. 2283-2291. ISSN 0010-0765
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LN00A032
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z4040901
Keywords : van der Waals interactions * aqueous droplets * coalescence
Subject RIV: CF - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry
Impact factor: 1.041, year: 2003

Collisions of aqueous salt nanodroplets at zero initial relative velocity are investigated by means of molecular dynamics simulations. The character of the van der Waals interactions, which bring the droplets together and cause coalescence, is described in detail, and the parameters of the droplet-droplet potential are extracted from the collisional trajectories. Concentration and size effects, together with implications for cloud and precipitation modeling are discussed.
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