Spatial correlations of mobility and immobility in a glass-forming Lennard-Jones liquid

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

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 3107-3119

  Donati, Claudio ^a   Glotzer, Sharon C ^a   Poole, Peter H ^b   Kob, Walter ^c   Plimpton, Steven J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 0001150731     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.3107     Document Type: Article

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