Role of metastable states in phase ordering dynamics

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 595-600

  Evans, R M L ^a   Poon, W C K ^a   Cates, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031161068     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1997-00289-y     Document Type: Article

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