A computational study of homogeneous liquid-vapor nucleation in the Lennard-Jones fluid

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3581-3589

  Shen, Vincent K ^a   Debenedetti, Pablo G ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; SAMPLING;

FREE ENERGY BARRIERS; LENNARD-JONES FLUIDS; LIQUID-VAPOR NUCLEATION; SUPERHEATED LIQUIDS; UMBRELLA SAMPLING;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 0032606952     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.479639     Document Type: Article

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