Continuity of the nucleation of bulk and surface phases

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Sear, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISING MODEL; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SPHERES;

BULK TRANSITIONS; HARD SPHERES; HARD WALLS; NUCLEATION RATES; PREFREEZING; PREWETTING; SURFACE PHASIS; SURFACE TRANSITIONS; WETTING LAYERS;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 55349141391     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2992160     Document Type: Article

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