Size-dependent nucleation kinetics at nonplanar nanowire growth interfaces

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Haxhimali, T ^a,b   Buta, D ^b   Asta, M ^b,d   Voorhees, P W ^a   Hoyt, J J ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH INTERFACES; INTERFACE MOBILITY; INTRINSIC FEATURES; KINETIC PROCESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOWIRE GROWTH; NUCLEATION KINETICS; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; SYSTEMS POSSESSING;

GROWTH KINETICS; NANOWIRES; NUCLEATION;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 71449085293     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.050601     Document Type: Article

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