Microscopic mechanisms of equilibrium melting of a solid

Science

Volumn 346, Issue 6210, 2014, Pages 729-732

  Samanta, Amit ^a,b   Tuckerman, Mark E ^c,d,e   Yu, Tang Qing ^d   Weinan E, ^b,f  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; EQUILIBRIUM; MELTING; MICROSCOPY; SOLID;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MELTING POINT; MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITION; SIMULATION; SOLID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84909982998     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1253810     Document Type: Article

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