Interface kinetics in phase-field models: Isothermal transformations in binary alloys and step dynamics in molecular-beam epitaxy

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Boussinot, G ^a,b   Brener, Efim A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; EHRLICH-SCHWOEBEL EFFECT; ISOTHERMAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MACROSCOPIC APPROACH; PHASE-FIELD MODELING; PHASE-FIELD SIMULATION; THIN-INTERFACE LIMIT;

BINARY ALLOYS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ISOTHERMS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR BEAMS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84884231928     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.88.022406     Document Type: Article

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