Equilibrium fluid-solid coexistence of hard spheres

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Fernandez L A ^a,b   Martin Mayor V ^a,b   Seoane, B ^a,b   Verrocchio, P ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d Istituto Sistemi Complessi (ISC CRS)   (Italy)

^e Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Computational Phyiscs (LISC)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ORDER; FLUID-SOLID COEXISTENCE; FLUID-SOLID INTERFACES; HARD SPHERES; HIGH-ACCURACY; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; UMBRELLA SAMPLING;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; PHYSICS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84859856176     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.165701     Document Type: Article

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