Lennard-Jones systems near solid walls: Computing interfacial free energies from molecular simulation methods

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Benjamin, Ronald ^a   Horbach, Jürgen ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ADSORPTION EQUATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL THERMODYNAMICS; LENNARD-JONES SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS COMPUTER SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION;

FREE ENERGY;

EID: 84903362523     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4819061     Document Type: Article

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