Numerical simulation of crystal nucleation in colloids

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 173, Issue , 2005, Pages 149-208

  Auer, Stefan ^a   Frenkel, Daan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colloids; Crystal nucleation; Crystal nucleation rate; Kinetic prefactor; Monte Carlo simulation; Nucleation barrier

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

CALCULATION; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

EID: 17144377481     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/b99429     Document Type: Review

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