Phase diagram of octapod-shaped nanocrystals in a quasi-two-dimensional planar geometry

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 138, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Qi, Weikai ^a   De Graaf, Joost ^a   Qiao, Fen ^b   Marras, Sergio ^b   Manna, Liberato ^b   Dijkstra, Marjolein ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC NANOPARTICLES; CONFINED GEOMETRIES; ISOTROPIC LIQUID; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION STUDIES; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS;

MONOLAYERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84887393438     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4799269     Document Type: Article

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