Simulation of self-assembled monolayers under normal stress

AIChE Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1275-1279

  Henda, Redhouane ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STRESSES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TEMPERATURE;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; STATIC ENERGY MINIMIZATION TECHNIQUES;

MONOLAYERS;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMPRESSION; ENERGY; SHORT SURVEY; SIMULATION; STRESS;

EID: 0033921007     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690460620     Document Type: Short Survey

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