Neutron scattering and Monte Carlo determination of the variation of the critical nucleus size with quench depth

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3692-3696

  Pan, Albert C ^a   Rappl, Timothy J ^a,b   Chandler, David ^a   Balsara, Nitash P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEATION; QUENCHING;

NUCLEI SIZE; NUCLEUS; QUENCH DEPTH;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 33644905873     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp055239m     Document Type: Article

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