Thin-thick surface phase coexistence and boundary tension of the square-well fluid on a weak attractive surface

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Singh, Jayant K ^a   Sarma, Gautam ^a   Kwak, Sang K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TENSILE TESTING; THICK FILMS; WETTING;

HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; PHASE COEXISTENCE; SQUARE-WELL FLUIDS; SURFACE AFFINITY; SURFACE FLUID AFFINITIES;

SURFACES;

SOLVENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 38849139141     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2824503     Document Type: Article

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