Beyond finite-size scaling in solidification simulations

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Streitz, Frederick H ^a   Glosli, James N ^a   Patel, Mehul V ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SOLIDIFICATION; TANTALUM;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATION; BLUE GENE/L COMPUTER; FINITE-SIZE EFFECTS; FINITE-SIZE SCALING THEORY;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 33745014662     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.225701     Document Type: Article

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