Kinetics of phase transitions in the presence of an intermediate metastable state: A generic model

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-39

  Nicolis, G ^a   Nicolis, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Catastrophe theory; Kramers theory; Nucleation; Passage over a barrier

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DERIVATIVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROTEINS; REACTION KINETICS;

CATASTROPHE THEORY; KRAMERS THEORY; PASSAGE OVER A BARRIER; PROTEIN SOLUTIONS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 15344347051     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.12.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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