U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Molecular Theory of the Kinetics of Homogeneous Nucleation

这个为期三年的奖项为美法合作研究提供支持， 液滴均匀成核的全分子理论 过饱和蒸汽 它涉及到大学的霍华德赖斯的研究小组 位于洛杉矶的加州的皮埃尔·沙夫和 法国，斯特拉斯堡。 他们提出研究，以发展一个严格的统计理论， 物质成核速率的预测。 他们的工作将集中在一个单一的物质- 氩蒸气 美国研究人员为这一合作带来了理论专长。 这是 再加上法国研究人员在实验和模拟方面的专业知识。 该项目将促进对成核过程的理解， 在大气科学中发生的现象，沸腾和空化，结晶和 化学加工，冶金，高能物理，行星形成，轨迹 形成，超流体和生物过程。

This three-year award provides support for US-France cooperative research aimed at the development of a fully molecular theory for homogenous nucleation of drops in supersaturated vapors. It involves the research groups of Howard Reiss of the University of California at Los Angeles and Pierre Schaaf of the Institute Charles Sadron in Strasbourg, France. They propose studies to develop a rigorous statistical theory for the prediction of nucleation rates in substances. Their work will focus on a single substance - argon vapor. The US investigator brings to this collaboration theoretical expertise. This is complemented by the French investigators' expertise in experimentation and simulation. The project will advance understanding of the process of nucleation, a ubiquitous phenomenon that occurs in atmospheric science, boiling and cavitation, crystallization and chemical processing, metallurgy, high-energy physics, planetary formation, contrail formation, superfluids, and biological processes.