Low-temperature interface between the gas and solid phases of hard spheres with a short-ranged attraction

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 6838-6841

  Sear, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000325233     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.6838     Document Type: Article

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