About the depletion profile in nucleation kinetics

TL;DR

This paper derives an analytical expression for the vapor depletion profile around a droplet during nucleation, using special functions to describe the diffusion-driven growth process.

Contribution

It provides a new analytical solution for the vapor profile in nucleation kinetics with a known moving boundary.

Findings

Analytical vapor profile expressed in special functions.

Enhanced understanding of diffusion-driven droplet growth.

Potential applications in nucleation modeling.

Abstract

The profile of vapor around the droplet growing in the diffusion regime with known moving boundary have been calculated and expressed in terms of special functions.