Stepwise melting of a model glass former under confinement

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Calvo, F ^a   Wales, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS REGIONS; BULK SYSTEM; CONFIGURATION SPACE; CONFINING WALLS; EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; FIRST-ORDER; HEAT CAPACITIES; LENNARD-JONES MODEL; LOCAL MINIMUMS; MELTING TEMPERATURES; MICROCANONICAL CALORIC CURVE; MODEL GLASS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PARAMETERS; PARTIAL MELTING; PRE-MELTING; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLASS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

MELTING POINT;

EID: 70350454906     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3239468     Document Type: Article

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