Spinodal decomposition versus nucleation and growth

Kinetics of Phase Transitions

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 63-99

  Binder, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84987796473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420008364     Document Type: Chapter

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