Melting behaviour of lead and bismuth nano-particles in quasicrystalline matrix - The role of interfaces

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-80

  Singh, Alok ^a,b   Tsai, A P ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interface; Melting; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Quasicrystal

Indexed keywords

GIBBS FREE ENERGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MELTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUASICRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE;

MELTING TEMPERATURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; QUASICRYSTALLINE MATRIX;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0038688398     PISSN: 02562499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02717126     Document Type: Article

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