Time-evolution of grain size distributions in random nucleation and growth crystallization processes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Teran, Anthony V ^a   Bill, Andreas ^a   Bergmann, Ralf B ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIAS BREMER INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE STRAHLTECHNIK GMBH   (Germany)

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EID: 77954847454     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.075319     Document Type: Article

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