Three-dimensional equilibrium crystal shapes with corner energy regularization

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-205

  Mastroberardino, Antonio ^a   Spencer, Brian J ^b  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cahn Hoffman capillarity vector; Corner regularization; Equilibrium crystal shape; Willmore energy; Wulff shape

Indexed keywords

CAHN-HOFFMAN CAPILLARITY VECTOR; CRYSTAL SHAPES; CUBIC SYMMETRY; EQUILIBRIUM CRYSTAL SHAPES; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPE; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; EXACT SOLUTION; EXPLICIT SOLUTIONS; LONG-WAVE APPROXIMATION; SEMI-INFINITE; SOLID PARTICLES; SURFACE ENERGIES; THREE DIMENSIONS; WILLMORE ENERGY; WULFF SHAPE;

ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77950360132     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: 14643634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxq007     Document Type: Article

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