Effect of monovacancies on the relative stability of fcc and hcp hard-sphere crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 17, 2005, Pages

  Kwak, Sang Kyu ^a   Kofke, David A ^a  

^a The State University of New York ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACE-CENTERED-CUBIC (FCC); GRAND-CANONICAL FORMALISM; HARD-SPHERE CRYSTALS; HEXAGONAL-CLOSE-PACKED (HCP);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FREE ENERGY; MELTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CRYSTALS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 39049174243     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1888445     Document Type: Article

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