Computer simulations of critical phenomena and phase behaviour of fluids

Molecular Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1797-1815

  Binder, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

droplets; interfaces; molecular dynamics; Monte Carlo; phase equilibria

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE MODEL; CLASSICAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS; CORRELATION LENGTHS; CRITICAL PHENOMENON; CRITICAL POINTS; DROPLET SIZES; DYNAMIC CRITICAL PHENOMENA; FINITE-SIZE SCALING ANALYSIS; INTERFACES; LATTICE GAS; LENNARD JONES FLUID; LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MODEL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; MONTE CARLO; ORDER PARAMETER; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PHASE BEHAVIOUR; STATISTICAL ERRORS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION; UMBRELLA SAMPLING;

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DROP FORMATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE INTERFACES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77954932460     PISSN: 00268976     EISSN: 13623028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2010.495734     Document Type: Article

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