On the phase behavior of binary mixtures of nanoparticles

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 978-986

  Ben Simon, Avi ^a   Eshet, Hagai ^a   Rabani, Eran ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

binary crystals; dispersion and electrostatic interactions; free energy; Monte Carlo simulations; self assembly

Indexed keywords

BINARY CRYSTALS; BINARY NANOPARTICLES; BUILDING BLOCKES; DISPERSION INTERACTION; HARD SPHERES; LOW DENSITY; MAGNETIC NANO-PARTICLES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NANO SCALE; NANO-METER SCALE; O'BRIEN; SIZE RATIO; STERIC EFFECT; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TUNING PARAMETER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROSTATICS; FREE ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE BEHAVIOR; SELF ASSEMBLY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 84874409639     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302712h     Document Type: Article

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