Dynamical density functional theory and its application to spinodal decomposition

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4246-4254

  Archer, A J ^a   Evans, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COLLOIDS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TENSORS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; MULTIBODY INTERACTIONS; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMODYNAMIC FORCES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 4644296284     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1778374     Document Type: Article

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