Using kinetic Monte Carlo simulations to study phase separation in alloys

Phase Transitions

Volumn 77, Issue 5-7, 2004, Pages 433-456

  Weinkamer, Richard ^a   Fratzl, Peter ^a   Gupta, Himadri S ^a   Penrose, Oliver ^b   Lebowitz, Joel L ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic interactions; Kinetic Ising model; Monte Carlo simulation; Phase separation; Rafting; Vacancy

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTALS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ELASTIC INTERACTIONS; KINETIC ISING MODEL; RAFTING; VACANCY;

KINETIC THEORY;

EID: 11144268156     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590410001672639     Document Type: Review

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