Molecular dynamics simulations of melting and the glass transition of nitromethane

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Zheng, Lianqing ^a   Luo, Sheng Nian ^b   Thompson, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLASS TRANSITION; MELTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

GLASSY NITROMETHANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SUPERHEATED CRYSTALLINE NITROMETHANE; THERMODYNAMIC MELTING;

METHANE;

EID: 34547555215     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2174002     Document Type: Article

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