Bistability, hysteresis and fluctuations in adiabatic ensembles of nanoparticles

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1485-1499

  Vollath, D ^a   Fischer, F D ^b  

^a NanoConsulting   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bistability; Fluctuation; Hysteresis; Modeling; Nanocrystalline material; Theory; Thermodynamics; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BISTABILITY; FLUCTUATION; MODELING; THEORY; TRANSFORMATION;

FORECASTING; HYSTERESIS; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ADIABATICITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENTHALPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYSTERESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 68149166677     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9597-y     Document Type: Article

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