Crystal nucleation of colloidal hard dumbbells

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ni, Ran ^a   Dijkstra, Marjolein ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL NUCLEI; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; CRYSTAL PHASE; CRYSTAL PHASIS; ERROR BARS; EVENT DRIVEN; HOMOGENEOUS CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUCLEATION RATE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLASTIC CRYSTALS; PREFACTORS; SLOW DYNAMICS; SPONTANEOUS NUCLEATION; UMBRELLA SAMPLING;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BARRIERS; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; SUPERSATURATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 79551615580     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3528222     Document Type: Article

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