Interfacial free energy of the NaCl crystal-melt interface from capillary wave fluctuations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 142, Issue 13, 2015, Pages

  Benet, Jorge ^a   MacDowell, Luis G ^a   Sanz, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE INTERFACES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AVERAGE VALUES; CAPILLARY WAVE; CAPILLARY WAVE FLUCTUATIONS; CAPILLARY WAVE THEORY; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES;

FREE ENERGY;

EID: 84928330043     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4916398     Document Type: Article

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