The microscopic pathway to crystallization in supercooled liquids

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Russo, John ^a   Tanaka, Hajime ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 84864136060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00505     Document Type: Article

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