Molecular dynamics computer simulations of the interface structure of calcium-alumino-silicate intergranular films between combined basal and prism planes of α-Al 2O 3

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 202-209

  Zhang, Shenghong ^a   Garofalini, Stephen H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACE STRUCTURES; INTERGRANULAR FILMS (IGF); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PRISM ORIENTATION;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINA; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GRAIN GROWTH; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); THIN FILMS;

CALCIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 20544456035     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2004.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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