Application of accelerated molecular dynamics schemes to the production of amorphous silicon

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Choudhary, Devashish ^a   Clancy, Paulette ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; GLASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HYPERDYNAMIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (HMD); KINETIC MONTE CARLO (KMC); SELF-GUIDED ALGORITHMS; SILICON GLASS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

SILICON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SILICON; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20844443075     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1878733     Document Type: Article

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