A convective Cahn-Hilliard model for the formation of facets and corners in crystal growth

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 202-230

  Golovin, A A ^a,b   Davis, S H ^a   Nepomnyashchy, A A ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 0001087994     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00181-X     Document Type: Article

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