Topological complexity and the dynamics of coarsening

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 385-388

  Mendoza, R ^a   Savin, I ^a   Thornton, K ^a   Voorhees, P W ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TOPOLOGY;

COARSENING; INTERFACE SHAPE DISTRIBUTION; PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 2942513239     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1138     Document Type: Article

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