MC simulations of water meniscus in nanocontainers: Explaining the collapse of viral particles due to capillary forces

Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2128-2132

  Serena, P A ^a   Douas, M ^a,b   Marques M I ^b   Carrasco, C ^a,b   De Pablo, P J ^b   Miranda, R ^c   Carrascosa, J L ^c   Castellanos, M ^d   Mateu, M G ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCE; LATTICE GAS MODEL; MC SIMULATION; MENISCUS SHAPE; NANO SCALE; NANOCONTAINERS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL EFFECT; VIRAL PARTICLES; WATER MENISCUS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICROORGANISMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 70949102541     PISSN: 18626351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200881738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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