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Computer simulation of fluid phase transitions
N. B. Wilding
The task of accurately locating fluid phase boundaries by means of computer simulation is hampered by problems associated with sampling both coexisting phases in a single simulatio…
Freezing by Monte Carlo Phase-Switch
N. B. Wilding, A. D. Bruce
We describe a Monte Carlo procedure which allows sampling of the disjoint configuration spaces associated with crystalline and fluid phases, within a single simulation. The method…
Lattice-switch Monte Carlo
A. D. Bruce, A. N. Jackson, G. J. Ackland +1
We present a Monte Carlo method for the direct evaluation of the difference between the free energies of two crystal structures. The method is built on a lattice-switch transformat…
Critical-point finite-size scaling in the microcanonical ensemble
A. D. Bruce, N. B. Wilding
We develop a scaling theory for the finite-size critical behavior of the microcanonical entropy (density of states) of a system with a critically-divergent heat capacity. The link…
Absence of simulation evidence for critical depletion in slit-pores
Nigel B. Wilding, Martin Schoen
Recent Monte Carlo simulation studies of a Lennard-Jones fluid confined to a mesoscopic slit-pore have reported evidence for ``critical depletion'' in the pore local number density…
Recoil growth: an efficient simulation method for multi-polymer systems
S. Consta, N. B. Wilding, D. Frenkel +1
We present a new Monte Carlo scheme for the efficient simulation of multi-polymer systems. The method permits chains to be inserted into the system using a biased growth technique.…
Free energies of crystalline solids: a lattice-switch Monte Carlo method
A. D. Bruce, N. B. Wilding, G. J. Ackland
We present a method for the direct evaluation of the difference between the free energies of two crystalline structures, of different symmetry. The method rests on a Monte Carlo pr…