Properties of patchy colloidal particles close to a surface: A Monte Carlo and density functional study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Gnan, Nicoletta ^a   De Las Heras, Daniel ^b   Tavares, José Maria ^c,d   Da Gama, Margarida M Telo ^d,e   Sciortino, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROFILE; ADSORPTION REGIMES; BONDED NETWORKS; BULK PHASE DIAGRAMS; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); DENSITY PROFILE; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL STUDY; FIRST ORDER PERTURBATION THEORY; GAS-LIQUID COEXISTENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ORIENTATIONAL CORRELATIONS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; PATCHY PARTICLES; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESORPTION; LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COLLOIDS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84865795779     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4746428     Document Type: Article

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