Statistical mechanics of vacancy and interstitial strings in hexagonal columnar crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1599-1615

  Jain, Shilpa ^a   Nelson, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYELECTROLYTES; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS; VACANCIES;

CRYSTALLINE PHASE; INTERACTION RANGES; INTERSTITIAL LOOPS; MODIFIED BESSEL FUNCTION; POWER LAW POTENTIAL; TRANSITION REGIMES; TRIANGULAR LATTICE; TYPE II SUPERCONDUCTORS;

CRYSTAL DEFECTS;

EID: 0001214532     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.1599     Document Type: Article

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