A parameter-free prediction of simulated crystal nucleation times in the Lennard-Jones system: From the steady-state nucleation to the transient time regime

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Peng, Lu Jian ^a   Morris, James R ^a,b   Aga, Rachel S ^c  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL NUCLEI; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATIONS; FINITE SIZE EFFECT; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; LARGE SYSTEM SIZE; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; LENNARD-JONES SYSTEMS; PARAMETER FITTING; STEADY-STATE NUCLEATION; SYSTEM SIZE; TRANSIENT TIME; UNDERCOOLINGS;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 77956316433     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3472301     Document Type: Article

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