Dynamics of nucleation in the ising model

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 108, Issue 51, 2004, Pages 19681-19686

  Pan, Albert C ^a   Chandler, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISING MODEL; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; SOLID-SOLID TRANSITIONS; TRANSITION STATE ENSEMBLE (TSE);

ANISOTROPY; COLLOIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 11444254383     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0471249     Document Type: Article

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