Density Functional Theory with Fundamental Measure Theory for Stable Drops and Bubbles on Lyophilic and Lyophobic Nucleation Cores

Equilibrium 3D density profiles in droplets around solid lyophilic spherical particles in under- and supersaturated vapor and in thin concentric vapor shells on lyophobic particles in stretched and stable liquid have been found within the molecular density functional theory with hard-sphere correlations taken into account via the fundamental measure theory. The existence of stable drops and bubbles is confirmed, their structure is described, and threshold values of the chemical potential of vapor and liquid for barrierless nucleation are found. The results show a qualitative agreement with previous ones obtained by us within other versions of molecular density functional theory.