Phase diagram of Hertzian spheres

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  P̀mies, Josep C ^a   Cacciuto, Angelo ^b   Frenkel, Daan ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMABLE BODIES; ELASTIC INTERACTIONS; FIRST ORDER TRANSITIONS; FLUID-PHASE; GLOBULAR MICELLES; HERTZ POTENTIAL; HEXAGONAL SYMMETRY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; POWER LAW; STAR POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION; UNIT CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

PHASE DIAGRAMS;

EID: 68249127040     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3186742     Document Type: Article

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