Size effects in amorphous nanosolids

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 444, Issue , 2010, Pages 81-97

  Ganguli, Dibyendu ^a  

^a Indian Ceramic Society   (India)

Author keywords

Amorphous solids; Applications; Atomic structure; Crystallization; Melting; Nanosolids; Properties

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; APPLICATIONS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MELTING;

AMORPHOUS NANOPARTICLES; AMORPHOUS NANOSTRUCTURES; AMORPHOUS SOLIDS; CRYSTALLINE COUNTERPART; NANOSOLIDS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PROPERTIES; SHORT RANGE ORDERING;

ATOMS;

EID: 78650444966     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.444.81     Document Type: Article

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