Breakdown of nucleation theory for crystals with strongly anisotropic interactions between molecules

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Cabriolu, Raffaela ^a   Kashchiev, Dimo ^b   Auer, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC INTERACTION; DEGREE OF INTERACTION; GAIN INSIGHT; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUCLEATION RATE; NUCLEATION THEORY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS;

ANISOTROPY; MOLECULES;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 84870548486     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4767531     Document Type: Article

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