Confined fluid and the fluid-solid transition: Evidence from absolute free energy calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Wan, Li ^a   Iacovella, Christopher R ^a   Nguyen, Trung D ^b   Docherty, Hugh ^a   Cummings, Peter T ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84871086247     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.214105     Document Type: Article

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