A Monte Carlo scheme based on mid-density in a hysteresis loop to determine equilibrium phase transition

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 932-939

  Liu, Zhongjun ^a,b   Herrera, L ^a   Nguyen, Van T ^a   Do, D D ^a   Nicholson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adsorption; Monte Carlo simulation; phase transition

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION SYSTEM; CANONICAL MONTE CARLO; CYLINDRICAL PORES; EQUILIBRIUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; GAUGE CELL; HEURISTIC APPROACH; METHANE ADSORPTION; MONTE CARLO SCHEMES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SIMPLE METHOD; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION;

ADSORPTION; ARGON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; HYSTERESIS; METHANE; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 80052307499     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2011.578135     Document Type: Article

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