Computer simulation of profiles of interfaces between coexisting phases: Do we understand their finite size effects?

International Journal of Modern Physics C

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1093-1113

  Binder, Kurt ^a   Müller, Marcus ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary Conditions; Capillary Wave; Interfacial Profile; Interfacial Tension; Monte Carlo Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347874222     PISSN: 01291831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S012918310000095X     Document Type: Article

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