Anisotropy of interfaces in an ordered HCP binary alloy

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 1337-1360

  Cahn, J W ^a   Han, S C ^b,c   McFadden, G B ^a  

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

^b Montgomery Blair High School   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allen Cahn equation; Anisotropy; Antiphase boundaries; Diffuse interfaces; Discrete free energy; Hexagonal close packing; Interphase boundaries; Mean field theory; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033147648     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004583324097     Document Type: Article

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