Simulation of structural phase transitions by metadynamics

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 220, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 489-498

  Martoňák, Roman ^a,d   Laio, Alessandro ^a   Bernasconi, Marco ^b   Ceriani, Chiara ^c   Raiteri, Paolo ^a   Zipoli, Federico ^b   Parrinello, Michele ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Milan   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

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EID: 20144372370     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.220.5.489.65078     Document Type: Article

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