Nucleation in suspensions of anisotropic colloids

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 117-121

  Schilling, Tanja ^a   Frenkel, Daan ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anisotropic colloids; Monte Carlo simulation; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FREE ENERGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUID CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; SURFACES;

ANISOTROPIC COLLOIDS; BARRIER CROSSING; INTERFACIAL DENSITY; PACKING FRACTIONS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 21244437543     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2005.03.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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