Macroscopic nucleation phenomena in continuum media with long-range interactions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nishino, Masamichi ^a,b,f   Enachescu, Cristian ^c   Miyashita, Seiji ^b,f   Rikvold, Per Arne ^d   Boukheddaden, Kamel ^e   Varret, Franaçois ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^d Florida State University   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84859760205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00162     Document Type: Article

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