Theory of spinodal decomposition assisted crystallization in binary mixtures

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 132, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Mitra, Mithun K ^a   Muthukumar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC CALCULATIONS; ANALYTIC FORMULA; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; GENERAL THEORY; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; LATE STAGE; NUCLEATION BARRIER; NUCLEATION KINETICS; NUCLEATION RATE; POLYMER MIXTURE; QUENCH DEPTHS; SPINODALS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TWO-COMPONENT;

BINARY MIXTURES; CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATION;

SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 77952726818     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3425774     Document Type: Article

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