Nucleation near the eutectic point in a Potts-lattice gas model

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Agarwal, Vishal ^a   Peters, Baron ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTALLIZATION; EUTECTICS; GAS DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; POTTS MODEL;

CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; EUTECTIC COMPOSITION; EUTECTIC POINTS; FREE ENERGY LANDSCAPE; FREE ENERGY SURFACE; INFINITE SYSTEM; LATTICE GAS MODEL; SHORT TRAJECTORIES;

FREE ENERGY;

EID: 84896762548     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4865338     Document Type: Article

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