Fluctuations, bistability and hysteresis connected to phase transformations of nanoparticles

Progress in Materials Science

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1030-1076

  Vollath, D ^a   Fischer, F D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; ISOTHERMS; NANOPARTICLES; THERMOANALYSIS;

INDISTINGUISHABILITY; ISOTHERMAL AND ADIABATIC; NON-EQUILIBRIUM PHASE; SPONTANEOUS TRANSITION; STATISTICAL MODELING; STRUCTURAL FLUCTUATIONS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 79957726599     PISSN: 00796425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2011.02.002     Document Type: Review

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