An aggregation-volume-bias monte carlo investigation on the condensation of a lennard-jones vapor Below the triple point and crystal nucleation in cluster systems: An in-depth evaluation of the classical nucleation theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4067-4078

  Chen, Bin ^a   Kim, Hyunmi ^a   Keasler, Samuel J ^a   Nellas, Ricky B ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ARGON; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; INERT GASES; LEAD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEATION; POWDERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEPARATION; UNDERCOOLING; VAPORS;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); BARRIER HEIGHT (BH); CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY (CNT); CLUSTER SYSTEMS; CRITICAL CLUSTERS; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; LARGE CLUSTERS; LENNARD JONESIUM; LENNARD-JONES (LJ); MONTE CARLO (MC); NUCLEATION RATES; SIMULATION DATA; SIMULATION RESULTS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SIMULATION TECHNIQUES; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31); TRIPLE POINTS; TWO STAGES; VAPOR-LIQUID; WIDE-RANGE;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 45849122884     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp709693g     Document Type: Article

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