Monte Carlo simulations of the liquid - Vapor interface of Lennard-Jones diatomics for the direct determination of the interfacial tension using the test-area method

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4306-4314

  Sampayo, José G ^a   Blas, Felipe J ^b   De Miguel, Enrique ^b   Müller, Erich A ^b   Jackson, George ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FREE ENERGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIQUIDS;

DIRECT DETERMINATION; FREE ENERGY PERTURBATION; LENNARD JONES; LENNARD-JONES MOLECULES; LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACE; SIMULATION DATA; TEST-AREA METHODS; VAPOR-LIQUID INTERFACES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77958007226     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je100450s     Document Type: Article

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