Simple fluids with complex phase behavior

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

Volumn 63, Issue 2 I, 2001, Pages 0205011-0205014

  Malescio, Gianpietro ^a   Pellicane, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; GLASS TRANSITION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICELLES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SUPERCOOLING; WATER;

PHASE BEHAVIORS; SIMPLE FLUIDS;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 4243340600     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.020501     Document Type: Article

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