Force oscillation and phase transition of simple fluids under confinement

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Lei, Yajie ^a   Leng, Yongsheng ^a  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; FORCE OSCILLATIONS; FORCE PROFILE; HEXAGONAL CLOSE-PACKED; LAYERING TRANSITIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PACKING STRUCTURE; SIMPLE FLUIDS; SOLID FILMS; SOLID PHASE TRANSITION; SOLID-PHASE; SURFACE FORCE MEASUREMENT;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 78651293993     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.040501     Document Type: Article

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