An efficient algorithm for solving the phase field crystal model

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 6241-6248

  Cheng, Mowei ^a   Warren, James A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phase field crystal model; Unconditionally stable

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING; ALGORITHMICS; EFFECTIVE TIME; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; FOURIER SPACE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHASE-FIELD CRYSTAL MODELS; TIME STEP; UNCONDITIONALLY STABLE; UNCONDITIONALLY STABLE ALGORITHMS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 42949179640     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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