Molecular dynamics simulations for metallic nanosystems

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 29, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 427-435

  Hasmy, A ^a   Serena, P A ^a,b   Medina, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embedded atom method; Ionic shells; Molecular dynamics simulations; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EMBEDDED ATOM METHOD; IONIC SHELLS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 18244410341     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0892702031000148744     Document Type: Article

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