Two- and three-dimensional equilibrium morphology of a misfitting particle and the Gibbs-Thomson effect

Acta Materialia

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 5829-5843

  Li, X ^a   Thornton, K ^b   Nie, Q ^c   Voorhees, P W ^b   Lowengrub, J S ^c  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloys; Coarsening; Equilibrium shapes; Phase transformations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; STRESSES;

COARSENING; ELASTIC ENERGIES; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPES; MEAN-FIELD THEORY;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 7444257482     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2004.08.041     Document Type: Article

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