Langmuir monolayers with internal dipoles: Understanding phase behavior using Monte Carlo simulations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  George, Christopher B ^a   Ratner, Mark A ^a   Szleifer, Igal ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ENSEMBLE; COARSE-GRAINED; DIPOLE STRENGTHS; DIPOLE-DIPOLE; FLAT INTERFACE; HIGH PACKING DENSITY; HIGH-DENSITY; LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS; MELTING TRANSITIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NANO DOMAIN; RIGID RODS; SIMULATION RESULT; STERIC INTERACTIONS; STERIC REPULSIONS; SURFACTANT MOLECULES; SYSTEM ENERGY; TILTING TRANSITIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 75749121040     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3280389     Document Type: Article

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