Simulations of microstructural evolution: Anisotropic growth and coarsening

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 232-247

  Roosen, Andrew R ^a   Carter, W Craig ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICON NITRIDE; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE TENSION;

ANISOTROPIC GROWTH; COARSENING; LINEAR KINETICS; PARTICLE GROWTH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0032303507     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00377-X     Document Type: Article

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