Simulation of fluid-solid coexistence in finite volumes: A method to study the properties of wall-attached crystalline nuclei

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 136, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Deb, Debabrata ^a   Winkler, Alexander ^a   Virnau, Peter ^a   Binder, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASAKURA-OOSAWA MODELS; COEXISTENCE REGION; COLLOID-POLYMER MIXTURE; CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; CRYSTALLINE NUCLEI; DENSITY CURVES; EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES; EVAPORATION-CONDENSATION; FINITE SYSTEMS; FINITE VOLUME; FLAT SURFACES; FLUID-SOLID COEXISTENCE; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; LIQUID DROPLETS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PACKING FRACTIONS; PHASE CO-EXISTENCE; PREDICTION-BASED; SIMULATION BOXES; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; VAPOR-LIQUID; YOUNGS EQUATIONS;

COLLOIDS; CONTACT ANGLE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ESTIMATION; INTERFACE STATES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VAPORS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84861654908     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3699981     Document Type: Article

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