The glass transition in a simple model glass: Numerical simulations

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 3-15

  Jund, P ^a   Caprion, D ^a   Jullien, R ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Delaunay Voronoi tessellation; Glass transition; Soft spheres

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842729448     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927029708024164     Document Type: Article

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