Defects and the dynamics of phase transitions

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-47

  Gill, Alasdair J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0032371822     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001075198182125     Document Type: Article

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