Combined atomic-scale modelling and experimental studies of nucleation in the solid state

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1804, 2003, Pages 463-477

  Cerezo, A ^a   Hirosawa, S ^a   Rozdilsky, I ^a   Smith, G D W ^a   Windle, A H ^b   Nabarro, F R N ^c   Cantor, B ^d   Muthukumar, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atom probe; Monte carlo modelling; Nucleation; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; COBALT; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

ALLOYS; BIOPHYSICS; COBALT; COPPER; MANGANESE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NICKEL; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141957219     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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