Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Surface Nucleation during Growth of an Alkane Crystal

Macromolecules

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3619-3629

  Bourque, Alexander ^a   Locker, C Rebecca ^b   Rutledge, Gregory C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION;

CRITICAL NUCLEUS SIZE; CRYSTAL-MELT INTERFACE; GROWTH FROM THE MELT; MEAN FIRST PASSAGE TIME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SURFACE NUCLEATION; TEMPERATURE INDEPENDENTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CLUSTERS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT;

EID: 84969641305     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02757     Document Type: Article

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