Application of the string method to the study of critical nuclei in capillary condensation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Qiu, Chunyin ^a,b   Qian, Tiezheng ^a,b   Ren, Weiqing ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; MEAN FIELD THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VAPORS; WETTING;

CAPILLARY CONDENSATIONS; COMPLETE WETTING; COMPUTING; CONFIGURATION SPACES; CONTINUUM DESCRIPTIONS; CRITICAL NUCLEUSES; EVALUATING; FIELD THEORIES; FILM FORMATIONS; GRAND POTENTIALS; LIQUID BRIDGES; MINIMAL ENERGIES; NEW PHASES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARTIAL WETTING; PHASE-TRANSITION; SADDLE POINTS; SLIT PORES; SOLID SURFACES; STRING METHODS; TRANSITION PATHWAYS; WALL POTENTIALS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 54949084290     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2996516     Document Type: Article

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