Free energy landscapes for homogeneous nucleation of ice for a monatomic water model

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Reinhardt, Aleks ^a   Doye, Jonathan P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; CRITICAL NUCLEI; FREE ENERGY LANDSCAPE; HEXAGONAL ICE; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; ICE PARTICLES; ISOBARIC-ISOTHERMAL ENSEMBLE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SUBCRITICAL NUCLEI; SUPERCOOLED LIQUID WATER; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS; UMBRELLA SAMPLING; WATER MODELS; WATER POTENTIAL;

CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; ENERGY BARRIERS; FREE ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; SUPERCOOLING;

ICE;

EID: 84856755040     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3677192     Document Type: Article

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