Nucleation: Free energy of small clusters

International Journal of Non-Equiulibrium Processing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-139

  Gránásy, László ^a  

^a WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cluster free energy; Density functional theory; Diffuse interface theory; Interface energy; Microgravity; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); DIFFUSE-INTERFACE THEORY; MELTING POINT;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 0041727231     PISSN: 13689290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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