Numerical estimate for boiling points via Wang-Landau simulations

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 38, Issue 14-15, 2012, Pages 1265-1270

  Aleksandrov, T ^a   Desgranges, C ^a   Delhommelle, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling point; Canonical partition function; Isothermal isobaric partition function; Molecular simulation; Wang Landau sampling

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL PARTITION FUNCTION; CONFIGURATIONAL BIAS; EFFICIENT SAMPLING; HYBRID MONTE CARLO; LIQUID PHASIS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; N-ALKANE CHAINS; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; SAMPLING METHOD; TETRACOSANE; WANG-LANDAU SAMPLING;

ISOTHERMS; LIQUID METALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAFFINS;

BOILING POINT;

EID: 84870615454     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2012.702906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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