A numerical method for the study of nucleation of ordered phases

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1797-1809

  Lin, Ling ^a   Cheng, Xiuyuan ^a   E, Weinan ^b   Shi, An Chang ^c   Zhang, Pingwen ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Critical nuclei; Liquid crystal; Minimum energy path (MEP); Nucleation; Ordered phase; String method

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; FREE ENERGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BLOCK CO POLYMERS; CRITICAL NUCLEI; EFFICIENT COMPUTATION; FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS; LIQUID-CRYSTALS; MINIMUM ENERGY PATH; MINIMUM ENERGY PATHS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; ORDERED PHASIS; STRING METHODS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 72449144241     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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