Molecular dynamics study of melting and freezing of small Lennard-Jones clusters

1987/09/10 by J. Dana. Honeycutt, Jared Honeycutt, Hans C. Andersen +1 · 3,258 citations
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paper · doi:10.1021/j100303a014

published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry 91(19), 4950-4963 (American Chemical Society)

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTMolecular dynamics study of melting and freezing of small Lennard-Jones clustersJ. Dana. Honeycutt and Hans C. AndersenCite this: J. Phys. Chem. 1987, 91, 19, 4950–4963Publication Date (Print):September 10, 1987Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 10 September 1987https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/j100303a014https://doi.org/10.1021/j100303a014research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views9458Altmetric-Citations2636LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts

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