Computer simulation of crystal nucleation of parallel hard spherocylinders
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1989
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Veerman, J.A.C.
Frenkel, D.
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Abstract
We report a molecular dynamics study of homogeneous nucleation in a fluid of parallel hard spherocylinders. It is found that the rate of nucleation of the crystal depends strongly on the presence of a nearby metastable smectic phase.