Methane clathrate hydrate nucleation mechanism by advanced molecular simulations

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 22847-22857

  Lauricella, Marco ^a   Meloni, Simone ^a,b   English, Niall J ^c   Peters, Baron ^d   Ciccotti, Giovanni ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c University College Dublin   (Ireland)

^d Santa Barbara   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE CLATHRATE HYDRATE; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS;

EID: 84908139515     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5052479     Document Type: Article

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