[N]pT Monte Carlo simulations of the cluster-crystal-forming penetrable sphere model

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 136, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Kai ^a   Charbonneau, Patrick ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL BEHAVIOR; EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; FORM CLUSTERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-T; INTEGER VALUES; LATTICE SITES; LATTICE SPACING; LOW TEMPERATURES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PAIR INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE NUMBERS; SPHERE MODEL; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SPHERES;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84862565777     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4723869     Document Type: Article

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