Extended multicanonical method combined with thermodynamically optimized potential: Application to the liquid-crystal transition of silicon

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Yoshimoto, Yoshihide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICON;

INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; MULTICANONICAL ENSEMBLE; REAL MATERIALS; STRUCTURE FACTORS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33751008029     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2363987     Document Type: Article

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