Phase-field-crystal models for condensed matter dynamics on atomic length and diffusive time scales: An overview

Advances in Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 665-743

  Emmerich, Heike ^a   Löwen, Hartmut ^b   Wittkowski, Raphael ^b   Gruhn, Thomas ^a   Tóth, Gyula I ^c   Tegze, György ^c   Gránásy, László ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

colloidal crystal growth and growth anisotropy; condensed matter dynamics of liquid crystals; nucleation and pattern formation; phase field crystal models; simulations in materials science; static and dynamical density functional theory

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CONDENSED MATTER; DYNAMICAL DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES; GROWTH ANISOTROPY; PATTERN FORMATION; PHASE FIELD CRYSTAL MODEL;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84871227333     PISSN: 00018732     EISSN: 14606976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00018732.2012.737555     Document Type: Review

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