Kinetics of phase separation in the driven lattice gas: Self-similar pattern growth under anisotropic nonequilibrium conditions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Hurtado, P I ^a   Marro, J ^a   Garrido, P L ^a   Albano, E V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; EVAPORATION; GAS; KINETICS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0037285076     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.014206     Document Type: Article

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