On the thermodynamic stability of amorphous intergranular films in covalent materials

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 717-732

  Keblinski, Pawel ^a   Phillpot, Simon R ^a   Wolf, Dieter ^a   Gleiter, Herbert ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMORPHOUS BOUNDARY STRUCTURE; AMORPHOUS INTERGRANULAR FILMS; AMORPHOUS STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE BOUNDARY STRUCTURE; IMPURITY-CONTROLLED INTERFACE CHEMISTRY; KINETIC ASPECT; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0031100779     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb02889.x     Document Type: Article

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