Refined method of potential enhancement in the equilibria characterization of activated carbon. Comparison with GCMC and DFT

Langmuir

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 8302-8315

  Do, D D ^a   Do, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REACTION KINETICS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 0141974164     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la020834q     Document Type: Article

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