Monte Carlo cluster algorithm for fluid phase transitions in highly size-asymmetrical binary mixtures

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Ashton, Douglas J ^a   Liu, Jiwen ^b   Luijten, Erik ^c   Wilding, Nigel B ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ALGORITHMS; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; CONVENTIONAL SCHEMES; CRITICAL DENSITY; CRITICAL POINTS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; DEPLETION FORCE; FLUID MIXTURES; FLUID PHASE BEHAVIOR; FLUID-PHASE; GIBBS ENSEMBLE; HARD-SPHERE MIXTURES; LARGE PARTICLES; LENNARD-JONES PARTICLES; LIQUID-VAPOR PHASE DIAGRAMS; MONTE CARLO; RESERVOIR VOLUME; SIZE RATIO; SMALL PARTICLES;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; FLUIDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPHERES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 78650651927     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3495996     Document Type: Article

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