Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation of a model colloid-polymer mixture: Coexistence line, critical behavior, and interfacial tension

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3253-3258

  Vink, R L C ^a   Horbach, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BINARY MIXTURES; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE TENSION;

BINODALS; CRITICAL POINT; FINITE-SIZE SCALING; GRAND CANONICAL ENSEMBLE;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 4344679551     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1773771     Document Type: Article

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