Variational umbrella seeding for calculating nucleation barriers

W Gispen, JR Espinosa, E Sanz, C Vega… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we introduce variational umbrella seeding, a novel technique for computing
nucleation barriers. This new method, a refinement of the original seeding approach, is far …

Predictions of the interfacial free energy along the coexistence line from single-state calculations

I Sanchez-Burgos, P Montero de Hijes… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The calculation of the interfacial free energy between two thermodynamic phases is crucial
across various fields, including materials science, chemistry, and condensed matter physics …

Solid-liquid interfacial free energy from computer simulations: Challenges and recent advances

N Di Pasquale, J Algaba, PM de Hijes… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The theory of interfacial properties in liquid-liquid or liquid-vapour systems is nearly 200
years old. The advent of computational tools has greatly advanced the field, mainly through …