Lattice-switch Monte Carlo simulation for binary hard-sphere crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Jackson, A N ^a   Ackland, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; LATTICE MISMATCH; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BINARY HARD-SPHERE CRYSTALS; ENTROPICALLY STABLE; MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEM; PACKING EFFECTS;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 37049022221     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.066703     Document Type: Article

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