Application of the potts model to simulation of ostwald ripening

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 485-491

  Tikare, Veena ^a,c   Cawley, James D ^b,c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN GROWTH; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

GIBBS-THOMSON'S BEHAVIOR; OSTWALD RIPENING; POTTS MODEL;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032023489     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02366.x     Document Type: Article

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